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chandra_610e October 8th, 2015

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Cambridge/S.Allen et al; Optical: NASA/STScI

These six images represent the potential for new images and discoveries housed in the Chandra Data Archive. To celebrate October as American Archive Month, these images - which include supernova remnants, pulsars, black holes, and clusters of galaxies - are being released. Each image represents data that are available to both the professional scientific community as well as the general public.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type: Collage
Object Name: 3C295
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Distance

Universescale3

4,700,000,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 11m 20.4s; DEC = 52° 12’ 10.1”
Orientation: North is 1.7° CW
Field of View: 1.5 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Bootes

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V-band)	555.0 nm
	Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray (X-ray)	826.7 pm

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Yellow

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ID: 610e
Subject Category: D.5.5.3
Subject Name: 3C295
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Cambridge/S.Allen et al; Optical: NASA/STScI

Release Date: 2015-10-08
Lightyears: 4,700,000,000
Redshift: 0.464
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/

Type: Collage
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble, Chandra
Instrument: WFPC2, ACIS
Color Assignment: Yellow, Magenta

Band: Optical, X-ray
Bandpass: V-band, X-ray
Central Wavelength: 555, 0.8267

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Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 212.8352079, 52.2027917
Reference Dimension: 3600.0, 3600.0

Reference Pixel: 1801.0, 1801.0
Scale: 6.97538e-06, 6.9753786e-06
Rotation: -1.66
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
Email: 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: archives_3c295.tif

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/archives_3c295.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-10-09T11:09:19-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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