Black Holes Shine for NuSTAR in X-Rays

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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

Image Source: http://localhost:3000/image/nustar130905c-black-holes-shine-for-nustar-in-x-rays

Curator: NuSTAR: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, Pasadena, CA

Image Use Policy: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/imagepolicy/

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IC 751
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
437,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 58m 52.6s
DEC = 42° 34’ 13.2”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
10.7 x 6.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Purple NuSTAR X-ray 77.5 pm
Spectrum_xray1w
Purple
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ID
nustar130905c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
IC 751
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Release Date
2013-09-05
Lightyears
437,000,000
Redshift
0.031199
Reference Url
http://localhost:3000/image/nustar130905c-black-holes-shine-for-nustar-in-x-rays
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
NuSTAR
Instrument
Color Assignment
Purple
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
0.07749
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
179.71915000000, 42.57034000000
Reference Dimension
3200.00, 1800.00
Reference Pixel
2136.17644076704, 1158.16380693678
Scale
-0.00005554762, 0.00005554762
Rotation
0.11899728713
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
Creator (Curator)
NuSTAR: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
URL
http://www.nustar.caltech.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
City
Pasadena
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
Country
Rights
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/imagepolicy/
Publisher
Publisher ID
nustar
Resource ID
Metadata Date
2018-06-21T00:32:35Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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437,000,000 light years

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