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chandra_811a September 13th, 2023

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville/M. Sun et al.; H-alpha: ESO/MUSE; Optical/IR: NASA/STScI/HST

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/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 Type: Observation

Distance

Universescale3

220,000,000 light years

Chandra_811a_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 45m 23.5s; DEC = -29° 2’ 0.1”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CW
Field of View: 1.3 x 0.7 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Chandra (ACIS)		-

Chandra_811a_1280

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ID: 811a
Subject Category
Subject Name
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville/M. Sun et al.; H-alpha: ESO/MUSE; Optical/IR: NASA/STScI/HST

Release Date: 2023-09-13
Lightyears: 220,000,000
Redshift: 220,000,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Instrument: ACIS
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 1999-09-13-0000
Integration Time: 5599560
Dataset ID: 21581-21628 and 323 others
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.34791666666666, -29.033361111111113
Reference Dimension: 1788.00, 1006.00

Reference Pixel: 986.60853272582, 496.39318473118
Scale: -0.00073332621, 0.00073332621
Rotation: -0.05754882956
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center

Creator (Curator): Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
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 Center
Publisher ID: chandra
Resource ID: 811a

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/archives.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-10-13T14:27:11-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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