Peering Into the Pillars Of Creation
chandra_345 February 15th, 2007
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Colorado/Linsky et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/ASU/J.Hester & P.Scowen.
A composite image of the Eagle Nebula (M16) with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope penetrates the dark columns of gas and dust to reveal how much star formation is happening there. The Chandra data (red, green, and blue represent low, medium, and high-energy X-rays respectively) show very few X-ray sources in the so-called "Pillars of Creation" themselves. This indicates that star formation peaked in this region several million years ago.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m16/
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
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 345
- Subject Category
- B.3.1.1 B.3.1.2 B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- The Eagle Nebula (M16)
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Colorado/Linsky et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/ASU/J.Hester & P.Scowen.
- Release Date
- 2007-02-15
- Lightyears
- 7,000
- Redshift
- 7,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m16/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, ACIS, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue, Green, Red, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray, SII, H-alpha, OIII
- Central Wavelength
- 1.24, 0.62, 0.26, 672.4, 656, 502
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 274.68340415955, -13.80295277781
- Reference Dimension
- 2400.00, 2361.00
- Reference Pixel
- -1119.22950464175, 5958.53097914054
- Scale
- -0.00001712060, 0.00001712060
- Rotation
- 42.43425283959
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.0 revision 213+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.ed
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- 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 Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- m16.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m16/m16.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-05-04
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
