A Classic Beauty
chandra_380 December 10th, 2007
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Wesleyan Univ./R.Kilgard et al; UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Univ. of AZ/R. Kennicutz
A composite image of M51, also known as the
Whirlpool Galaxy, shows a majestic spiral galaxy.
Chandra finds point-like X-ray sources (purple)
that are black holes and neutron stars in binary
star systems, along with a diffuse glow of hot
gas. Data from Hubble (green) and Spitzer (red)
both highlight long lanes of stars and gas laced
with dust. A view of M51 with GALEX shows
hot, young stars that produce lots of ultraviolet
energy (blue).
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m51/
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
Distance
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 380
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1 C.5.1.7 C.5.4.7 C.5.5.1
- Subject Name
- Whirlpool Galaxy, M51
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/Wesleyan Univ./R.Kilgard et al; UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Univ. of AZ/R. Kennicutz
- Release Date
- 2007-12-10
- Lightyears
- 37,000,000
- Redshift
- 0.0020
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m51/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Spitzer, Hubble, GALEX, Chandra
- Instrument
- IRAC, ACS, FUV, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue, Purple
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Untraviolet, X-ray
- Bandpass
- Mid-IR, V-band, Far-UV, X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 8000, 550, 150, 0.8267
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 202.4682856, 47.2134616
- Reference Dimension
- 2384.0, 3600.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1193.0, 1801.0
- Scale
- 4.44411e-05, 4.4441128e-05
- Rotation
- -0.03
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 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 Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- m51.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m51/m51.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2015-02-12T12:48:09-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
