Chandra Celebrates The International Year of Light
chandra_587c January 22nd, 2015
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/P.Slane et al; Optical: DSS; Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA
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
View Options
Download Options
Image Details
Distance
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 587c
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.4
- Subject Name
- MSH 11-62
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/P.Slane et al; Optical: DSS; Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA
- Release Date
- 2015-01-22
- Lightyears
- 16,000
- Redshift
- 16,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/iyl/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, XMM, ROSAT, DSS, DSS, ATCA
- Instrument
- ACIS, MOS, HRI, DSS2R, DSS2IR, -
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Blue, Yellow, Yellow, Magenta
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray, Optical, Optical, Radio
- Bandpass
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray, R-band, IR-band, 1.4GHz
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 0.443, 0.8267, 660, 798, 2e7
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 167.9736328, -60.6441706
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 3600.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1801.0
- Scale
- 0.000256655, 0.000256655
- Rotation
- -0.00
- 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_msh1162.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/iyl/iyl_msh1162.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2015-01-22T16:23:58-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
