A Pinwheel in Many Colors
chandra_512 May 24th, 2012
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CfA
This composite image of M101 (aka, the "Pinwheel Galaxy") combines data from four of NASA's space-based telescopes. X-rays from Chandra (purple) reveal the hottest and most energetic areas due to exploded stars, superheated gas, and material falling toward black holes. Infrared data from Spitzer (red) shows dusty lanes in the galaxy where stars are forming, while Hubble data (yellow) traces the light from stars. Ultraviolet emission detected by GALEX (blue) shows emission from young stars.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m101/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 512
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- M101
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CfA
- Release Date
- 2012-05-24
- Lightyears
- 21,000,000
- Redshift
- 21,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m101/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, GALEX, Hubble, Spitzer
- Instrument
- ACIS, -, ACS, IRAC
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Blue, Yellow, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Ultraviolet, Optical, Infrared
- Bandpass
- X-ray, Far-UV, B-band, Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 150, 435, 8000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 210.78608128, 54.4766692439
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 3600.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1886.26969872, 711.42533975
- Scale
- -0.00010835295, 0.00010835295
- Rotation
- -0.27959995137
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.0 revision 213+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- 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
- m101.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m101/m101.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-05-23
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
