Cosmic Payback: Giant Galaxy Reacts to Being Dumped On

Chandra_288_1024

chandra_288 November 16th, 1999

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the distant galaxy 3C295 shows an explosive galaxy enveloped by a vast cloud of fifty million degree gas. The gas cloud, which is visible only with an X-ray telescope, contains more than a hundred galaxies and enough material to make a thousand more. The galaxies are too cool to be visible in X rays. Roughly two million light years in diameter, the cloud and its cluster of galaxies are among the most massive objects in the universe. It is so distant that we see it as it was five billion years ago.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/0166/

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

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
3C295

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
4,700,000 light years
Chandra_288_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 11m 20.4s
DEC = 52° 12’ 10.7”
Orientation
North is 36.0° CCW
Field of View
3.4 x 3.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Bootes

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Pseudocolor
Chandra_288_1280
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ID
288
Subject Category
Subject Name
3C295
Credits
NASA/CXC/SAO
Release Date
1999-11-16
Lightyears
4,700,000
Redshift
4,700,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/0166/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra
Instrument
ACIS
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
X-ray
Central Wavelength
0.8267
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
212.8350856, 52.2029681
Reference Dimension
540.0, 540.0
Reference Pixel
271.0, 271.0
Scale
0.000106338, 0.00010633772
Rotation
36.04
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
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 Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
0166_xray.tif
Resource URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/0166/0166_xray.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-02-06T13:48:07-05:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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