New Panorama Reveals More Than a Thousand Black Holes

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chandra_348 March 12th, 2007

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Hickox et al.; Moon: NASA/JPL

This panorama is the largest contiguous field ever obtained by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. These data, when combined with infrared and optical information, reveal more than a thousand supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies, some up to several billion times more massive than the sun. The results give a snapshot into a crucial period of growth for these monster black holes, and provide insight into the environments in which they occur.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/bootes/

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

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

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Bootes Field
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Distance

Universescale3
1,000,000,000 light years
Chandra_348_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 31m 15.5s
DEC = 33° 52’ 6.2”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
2.5 x 3.2 degrees
Constellation
Bootes

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Chandra (ACIS) X-ray 1.3778 nm
Green Chandra (ACIS) X-ray 652.6 pm
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray 261.1 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Red
Green
Blue
Chandra_348_1280
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ID
348
Subject Category
C.5.4.6.  
Subject Name
Bootes Field
Credits
X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Hickox et al.; Moon: NASA/JPL
Release Date
2007-03-12
Lightyears
1,000,000,000
Redshift
1,000,000,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/bootes/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
Instrument
ACIS, ACIS, ACIS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
1.3778, 0.6526, 0.2611
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
217.81440730000, 33.86839676000
Reference Dimension
2261.00, 2911.00
Reference Pixel
1213.16748359254, 1193.95574215841
Scale
-0.00109586084, 0.00109586084
Rotation
0.07920636376
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.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 Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
bootes.tif
Metadata Date
2012-04-17T11:32:56-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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1,000,000,000 light years

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