Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet

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chandra_621 February 16th, 2016

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/ISAS/A.Simionescu et al, Optical: DSS

Jets in the early Universe give astronomers a way to probe the growth of black holes at a very early epoch in the cosmos. Using Chandra, astronomers recently discovered a jet in X-rays being illuminated by the cosmic microwave background. The light from this jet was emitted when the Universe was only one fifth of its present age. The main panel of this graphic shows Chandra's X-ray data combined with an optical image, while the inset focuses on the details of the X-ray emission.

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Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/b30727/

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Collage
Object Name
B3 0727+409
Subject - Distant Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Black Hole
Star > Circumstellar Material > Outflow

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
11,075,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 30m 50.9s
DEC = 40° 49’ 52.4”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
10.0 x 10.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Lynx

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (DSS2IR) Optical (IR-band) 798.0 nm
Green DSS (DSS2R) Optical (R-band) 660.0 nm
Blue DSS (DSS2B) Optical (B-band) 443.0 nm
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Red
Green
Blue
Blue
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ID
621
Subject Category
D.3.1.10   D.3.7.3  
Subject Name
B3 0727+409
Credits
X-ray: NASA/CXC/ISAS/A.Simionescu et al, Optical: DSS
Release Date
2016-02-16
Lightyears
11,075,000,000
Redshift
2.5
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/b30727/
Type
Collage
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS, Chandra
Instrument
DSS2IR, DSS2R, DSS2B, ACIS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, X-ray
Bandpass
IR-band, R-band, B-band, X-ray
Central Wavelength
798, 660, 443, 0.8267
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
112.7121360, 40.8312350
Reference Dimension
3600.0, 3600.0
Reference Pixel
1801.0, 1801.0
Scale
4.64656e-05, 4.6465569e-05
Rotation
0.01
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
b30727.tif
Resource URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/b30727/b30727.tif
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Metadata Date
2016-02-16T15:22:51-05:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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