Chandra Celebrates The International Year of Light
chandra_587a January 22nd, 2015
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/STScI; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This montage features images of five different objects, ranging from a distant galaxy to a relatively close supernova remnant. Each image contains X-rays from Chandra along with data from other telescopes that detect different types of light. These images were released to commemorate the start of the International Year of Light 2015, a year-long celebration declared by the United Nations. These images illustrate how astronomers use different types of light together to get a more complete view of objects in space.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/iyl/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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Color Mapping
- ID
- 587a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.7 C.5.1.1 C.5.4.7
- Subject Name
- M51, Whirlpool Galaxy
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/STScI; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech
- Release Date
- 2015-01-22
- Lightyears
- 30,000,000
- Redshift
- 30,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/iyl/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, GALEX, Hubble, Spitzer
- Instrument
- ACIS, FUV, ACS/WFC, IRAC
- Color Assignment
- Magenta, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Ultraviolet, Optical, Infrared
- Bandpass
- X-ray, Far-UV, V-band, Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 150, 555, 8000
- 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
- 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
- iyl_m51.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/iyl/iyl_m51.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2015-01-22T16:32:17-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
