M101 composite image: Chandra data (blue component)

Esahubble_opo0907e_1024

esahubble_opo0907e February 10th, 2009

Credit: NASA, CXC, and K. Kuntz (JHU)

The blue colour shows Chandra's view in X-ray light. Sources of X-rays include million-degree gas, exploded stars, and material colliding around black holes.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0907e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 101 NGC 4547 Pinwheel
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_opo0907e_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 3m 9.2s
DEC = 54° 21’ 13.0”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CW
Field of View
17.7 x 17.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray 827.5 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Blue
Esahubble_opo0907e_1280
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ID
opo0907e
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 101, NGC 4547, Pinwheel
Credits
NASA, CXC, and K. Kuntz (JHU)
Release Date
2009-02-10T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0907e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra
Instrument
ACIS
Color Assignment
Blue
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
0.8275
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
210.788168826, 54.3536145634
Reference Dimension
1800.0, 1800.0
Reference Pixel
900.0, 900.0
Scale
-0.000164132905475, 0.000164132905475
Rotation
-0.16
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0907e
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:02.768267
Metadata Version
1.1
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