X-Ray Binaries In Globular Clusters
chandra_267 July 30th, 2003
Credit: NASA/CXC/MIT/D.Pooley et al.
Most of the point-like X-ray sources in these Chandra images are binary star systems containing a collapsed star, such as a neutron star or a white dwarf star, that is pulling matter off a normal companion star. A globular cluster is a spherical collection of hundreds of thousands or even millions of stars buzzing around each other in a gravitationally bound stellar beehive that is about a hundred light years in diameter. While direct, head-on collisions between stars are rare even in these crowded conditions, close encounters are frequent and can lead to the formation of X-ray emitting binary star systems.
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Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/ngc6266/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Distance
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Soft X-ray) | 1.46029411764706 nm |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Medium X-ray) | 670.9 pm |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Hard X-ray) | 292.1 pm |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Soft X-ray) | 1.46029411764706 nm |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Medium X-ray) | 670.9 pm |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Hard X-ray) | 292.1 pm |
- ID
- 267
- Subject Category
- C.3.6.4.2 C.3.2.6.1
- Subject Name
- NGC 6266, M62
- Credits
- NASA/CXC/MIT/D.Pooley et al.
- Release Date
- 2003-07-30
- Lightyears
- 2e4
- Redshift
- 2e4
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/ngc6266/
- Type
- Collage
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Chandra, Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, ACIS, ACIS, ACIS, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray, X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
- Bandpass
- Soft X-ray, Medium X-ray, Hard X-ray, Soft X-ray, Medium X-ray, Hard X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 1.46029411764706, 0.670945945945946, 0.292058823529412, 1.46029411764706, 0.670945945945946, 0.292058823529412
- Start Time
- 2002-05-12T09:13:46, 2002-05-12T09:13:46, 2002-05-12T09:13:46, 2001-11-19T02:56:15, 2001-11-19T02:56:15:46, 2001-11-19T02:56:15
- Integration Time
- 63060, 63060, 63060, 50090, 50090, 50090
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 255.3040624, -30.1125915
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Position
- 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 Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- ngc6266_xray.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/ngc6266/ngc6266_xray.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-07-27T12:08:13-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
