Wall Divides East and West Sides of Cosmic Metropolis
chandra_415 January 27th, 2009
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Tuellmann et al.; Optical: NASA/AURA/STScI
This composite image from Chandra X-ray data (colored blue) and optical light data from the Hubble (red, green and yellow) shows a divided neighborhood where some 200 hot, young, massive stars reside. Bubbles in the cooler gas and dust have been generated by powerful stellar winds, which are then filled with hot, X-ray emitting gas. Scientists find the amount of hot gas detected in the bubbles on the right side corresponds to the amount entirely powered by winds from the 200 hot massive stars. The situation is different on the left side where the amount of X-ray gas cannot explain the brightness of the X-ray emission. The bubbles on this left side appear to be much older and were likely created and powered by young stars and supernovas in the past.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/n604/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 415
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 604
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Tuellmann et al.; Optical: NASA/AURA/STScI
- Release Date
- 2009-01-27
- Lightyears
- 2,664,757
- Redshift
- 2,664,757
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/n604/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACIS, WFPC2, WFPC2
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- -, H-beta, NII
- Central Wavelength
- 0.3, 487, 658
- Start Time
- 2001-07-06, -, -
- Integration Time
- 90000, -, -
- Dataset ID
- 2023, -, -
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 23.6384914, 30.7862657
- Reference Dimension
- 3000.0, 3175.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1501.0, 1588.5
- Scale
- 6.3632e-06, 6.3632046e-06
- Rotation
- -0.26
- 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
- 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
- n604.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/n604/n604.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-03-29T10:59:06-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
