A Monster Galaxy at the Heart of Perseus Cluster
chandra_401 August 20th, 2008
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/IoA/A.Fabian et al.; Radio: NRAO/VLA/G. Taylor; Optical: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA) & Univ. of Cambridge/IoA/A. Fabian
The active galaxy NGC 1275 lies at the center of the cluster of galaxies known as the Perseus Cluster. By combining multi-wavelength images into a single composite, the dynamics of the galaxy are more easily visible. In this composite image, X-rays from Chandra are shown in violet and reveal the presence of a black hole at the center of NGC 1275. Optical data from Hubble is depicted in red, green, and blue, and radio emission in pink traces the jets generated from the central black hole.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/perseus/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 401
- Subject Category
- C.5.5.3. C.5.4.6.
- Subject Name
- Perseus A, NGC 1275
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/IoA/A.Fabian et al.; Radio: NRAO/VLA/G. Taylor; Optical: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA) & Univ. of Cambridge/IoA/A. Fabian
- Release Date
- 2008-08-20
- Lightyears
- 250,000,000
- Redshift
- 250,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/perseus/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, VLA
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACS, ACS, ACS, VLA
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Blue, Green, Red, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Optical, Optical, Optical, Radio
- Bandpass
- -, B-band, V-band, r-band, -
- Central Wavelength
- 0.34, 435, 550, 625, 937500000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 49.9515800, 41.5113745
- Reference Dimension
- 4633.0, 3590.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2317.5, 1796.0
- Scale
- 1.38646e-05, 1.3864575e-05
- Rotation
- 8.50
- 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
- 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
- perseus.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/perseus/perseus.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-09-20T11:35:50-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
