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NASA Unveils First Images From Chandra X-Ray Observatory

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chandra_289 August 26th, 1999

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO

PKS 0637-72 is so distant that we see it as it was 6 billion years ago. It is a luminous quasar that radiates with the power of 10 trillion suns. The source of this prodigious energy is believed to be a supermassive black hole. Chandra's X-ray image reveals a powerful X-ray jet extending away from the quasar that stretches across several hundred thousand light years. The jet, also observed by radio telescopes, is probably due to a beam of extremely high-energy particles.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/0064/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: PKS 0637-72 • PKS 0637-752
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 6h 35m 45.3s; DEC = -75° 16’ 15.9”
Orientation: North is 7.2° CCW
Field of View: 1.0 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Mensa

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray (X-ray)	826.7 pm

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ID: 289
Subject Category: C.5.3.2.1.
Subject Name: PKS 0637-72, PKS 0637-752
Credits: NASA/CXC/SAO

Release Date: 1999-08-26
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Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/0064/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra
Instrument: ACIS
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: X-ray
Bandpass: X-ray
Central Wavelength: 0.8267

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 98.9388648, -75.2710885
Reference Dimension: 2250.0, 2255.0

Reference Pixel: 1126.0, 1128.5
Scale: 7.0751e-06, 7.0751043e-06
Rotation: 7.22
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS

Creator (Curator): Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name: Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email: cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu

Telephone: 617.496.7941
Address: 60 Garden St.
City: Cambridge
State/Province: MA

Postal Code: 02138
Country: USA
Rights: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

Publisher: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Publisher ID: chandra
Resource ID: 0064_xray.tif

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/0064/0064_xray.tif
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Metadata Date: 2010-11-17
Metadata Version: 1.1

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