Star Factory Near Galactic Center Bathed In High-Energy X-Rays
chandra_162 June 6th, 2001
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Northwestern/F.Zadeh et al., IR: NASA/HST/NICMOS, Radio: NRAO/VLA/C.Lang
The Chandra observation of the Arches shows an envelope of 60 million degree gas around the star cluster. The X-ray data, shown as the diffuse blue emission in the inset box, overlays a Hubble Space Telescope infrared image of the same region, in which some of the individual stars in the cluster can be seen as point-like sources. Both the X-ray and infrared observations are shown in context of the spectacular filamentary structures that appear in radio wavelengths displayed in red. This compact cluster is composed of hot, massive stars that live short, furious lives lasting only a few million years. During this period, gas evaporates from these stars in the form of intense stellar winds. The envelope of hot gas observed by Chandra is thought to be due to collisions of the winds from numerous stars.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/arches/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Image Details
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- ID
- 162
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4
- Subject Name
- Arches Cluster
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/Northwestern/F.Zadeh et al., IR: NASA/HST/NICMOS, Radio: NRAO/VLA/C.Lang
- Release Date
- 2001-06-06
- Lightyears
- 25,000
- Redshift
- 25,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/arches/
- Type
- Collage
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, HST, VLA
- Instrument
- ACIS, NICMOS, VLA
- Color Assignment
- blue, green, red
- Band
- X-ray, IR, Radio
- Bandpass
- X-ray, H-band
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 160
- Start Time
- 2000-07-07 19:04:15, 1997-09-14T12:27:60, 1984-03-31
- Integration Time
- 50000, 2047.6
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 266.4596269, -28.8213141
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- 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
- arches_xray_ir_radio.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/arches/arches_xray_ir_radio.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-06T14:02:46-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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