Milky Way's Central Black Hole Woke Up 200 Years Ago, NASA's IXPE Finds

chandra_807 June 21st, 2023

Credit: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO; IXPE: NASA/MSFC/F. Marin et al; Image Processing: L.Frattare, J.Major K.Arcand; Sonification Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/

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Image Type: Observation

Distance

26,000 light years

Position Details

Position (FK5): RA = 1h 11m 1.6s; DEC = 29° 2’ 0.1”
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	-
IXPE	X-ray	-

ID: 807
Subject Category
Subject Name
Credits: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO; IXPE: NASA/MSFC/F. Marin et al; Image Processing: L.Frattare, J.Major K.Arcand; Sonification Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

Release Date: 2023-06-21
Lightyears: 26,000
Redshift: 26,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra, IXPE
Instrument: ACIS
Color Assignment: Blue, Orange

Band: X-ray, X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 1999-09-09-0000
Integration Time: 5599560
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: FK5
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 17.756528, 29.033361
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Quality: Position
FITS Header
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Publisher: Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher ID: chandra
Resource ID: 807

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/gcenter.tif
Related Resources: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/gcenter_description_audio.mp3

Metadata Date: 2023-07-07T13:15:41Z
Metadata Version: 1.2

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26,000 light years