Chandra image of M101

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esahubble_opo0907i February 10th, 2009

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

Chandra's image of Messier 101, taken in X-ray light, shows the high-energy features of this spiral galaxy. X-rays are generally created in violent and/or high-temperature events. The white dots are X-ray sources that include the remains of exploded stars as well as material colliding at extreme speeds around black holes. The pink and blue colours are emission from million-degree gas and from clusters of massive stars. The pink emission indicates lower-energy X-rays and the blue higher-energy X-rays. One reason astronomers study Messier 101's X-rays is to better understand how black holes grow in spiral galaxies.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0907i/

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
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 3m 9.4s
DEC = 54° 21’ 13.4”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
17.8 x 17.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (Hard X-ray) 8.3 pm
Purple Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (Hard X-ray) 1.825 nm
Spectrum_xray1w
Blue
Purple
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ID
opo0907i
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/opo0907i/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, Chandra
Instrument
ACIS, ACIS
Color Assignment
Blue, Purple
Band
X-ray, X-ray
Bandpass
Hard X-ray, Hard X-ray
Central Wavelength
0.008275, 1.825
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
210.789265536, 54.3537190003
Reference Dimension
7200.0, 7200.0
Reference Pixel
3600.0, 3600.0
Scale
-4.11483308525e-05, 4.11483308525e-05
Rotation
-0.13999999999984
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
opo0907i
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:02.807151
Metadata Version
1.1
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