chandra_385 February 5th, 2008
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M. West
This image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 and its surrounding region combines data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue/purple in the image is the X-ray glow from hot, diffuse gas detected by Chandra. Hubble's data reveal a giant foreground elliptical galaxy, plus numerous dwarf galaxies in its neighborhood, and many much more distant galaxies in the background.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/ngc1132/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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