Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy
chandra_646 January 5th, 2017
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. van Weeren et al; Optical: NAOJ/Subaru; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT
Astronomers have discovered what happens when the eruption from a supermassive black hole is swept up by the collision and merger of two galaxy clusters. This composite image contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), radio emission from the GMRT (red), and optical data from Subaru (red, green, and blue) of the colliding galaxy clusters called Abell 3411 and Abell 3412. These and other telescopes were used to analyze how the combination of these two powerful phenomena can create an extraordinary cosmic particle accelerator.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/
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
- 646
- Subject Category
- C.5.5.3 C.5.4.6
- Subject Name
- Abell 3411 and 3412
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. van Weeren et al; Optical: NAOJ/Subaru; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT
- Release Date
- 2017-01-05
- Lightyears
- 2,000,000,000
- Redshift
- 2,000,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Subaru, Subaru, Subaru, GMRT
- Instrument
- ACIS, SuprimeCam, SuprimeCam, SuprimeCam, -
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Green, Red, Magenta
- Band
- X-ray, Optical, Optical, Optical, Radio
- Bandpass
- X-ray, g-band, r-band, i-band, 650MHz
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 468, 616.5, 748, 4.6e8
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 130.4930224, -17.5268228
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 3600.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1801.0
- Scale
- 8.16877e-05, 8.1687735e-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
- 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
- a3411.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/a3411.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2017-01-09T12:01:10-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
