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chandra_811e September 13th, 2023

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO (Chandra), NASA/MSFC/F. Xie et al. (IXPE); Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt, K. Arcand

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

Universescale1

1,000 light years

Chandra_811e_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 8h 35m 20.6s; DEC = -45° 10’ 35.0”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 3.3 x 3.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Vela

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Chandra	X-ray	-
	IXPE	X-ray	-
	Hubble	Optical	-

Chandra_811e_1280

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ID: 811e
Subject Category
Subject Name
Credits: NASA/CXC/SAO (Chandra), NASA/MSFC/F. Xie et al. (IXPE); Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt, K. Arcand

Release Date: 2023-09-13
Lightyears: 1,000
Redshift: 1,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-ray Observatory, IXPE, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
Color Assignment: Purple, Blue, Yellow

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

Start Time: 2010-06-01-0000, -, -
Integration Time: 320400, -, -
Dataset ID: 10135, 10136, 10137, 10138, 10139, 12073, 12074, 12075, -, -
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 128.83583333333334, -45.17638888888889
Reference Dimension: 2000, 2000

Reference Pixel: 1000, 1000
Scale: -2.77777777777778e-005, 2.77777777777778e-005
Rotation: -0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes

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: 811d

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/archives_vela.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-09-14
Metadata Version: 1.2

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