nustar_nustar130905c September 5th, 2013
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An X-ray image of galaxies is seen here from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR).
NuSTAR's serendipitous discovery in this field lies to the left of the brighter X-ray source seen in the galaxy, called IC 751, at which the telescope originally intended to look. Both magenta blobs show X-rays from massive black holes buried at the hearts of galaxies.
Provider: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
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Curator: NuSTAR: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, Pasadena, CA
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