Galaxy in Different Lights

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nustar_nustar141008c October 8th, 2014

Credit: NASA/STScI/SAO

The galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is seen here in two different lights. A visible-light view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is at left, and an X-ray view from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is at right. The comparison highlights how different the universe can look when viewed in other wavelengths of light. M82 is located 12 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation.

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Image Type
Observation
Nustar_nustar141008c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (FK5)
RA = 9h 55m 44.3s
DEC = 69° 40’ 24.8”
Orientation
North is 0.5° CCW
Field of View
10.4 x 10.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue NuSTAR X-ray -
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ID
nustar141008c
Subject Category
Subject Name
Credits
NASA/STScI/SAO
Release Date
2014-10-08
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://localhost:3000/image/nustar141008c-galaxy-in-different-lights
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
NuSTAR
Instrument
Color Assignment
Blue
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
2002-03-06T07:22
Integration Time
1.
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
FK5
Equinox
2000
Reference Value
148.934743903844, 69.6735419014155
Reference Dimension
2046, 2048
Reference Pixel
1203.2269627109, 1041.6346014256
Scale
-8.44230774629857e-05, 8.44845270330563e-05
Rotation
4.58256216757716e-01
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
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
Resource URL
/image/nustar/nustar141008c
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Metadata Date
2014-10-08T17:08:38Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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