NASA Telescope Data Becomes Music You Can Play

chandra_816 November 15th, 2023

Credit: Composition: NASA/CXC/SAO/Sophie Kastner: Data: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; IR: Spitzer NASA/JPL-Caltech; Sonification: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida); Video Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Jubett and P. David

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/music/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type
Object Name: Galactic Center

Distance

26,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 45m 36.0s; DEC = -28° 55’ 58.8”
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	-

ID: 816
Subject Category
Subject Name: Galactic Center
Credits: Composition: NASA/CXC/SAO/Sophie Kastner: Data: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; IR: Spitzer NASA/JPL-Caltech; Sonification: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida); Video Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Jubett and P. David

Release Date: 2023-11-15
Lightyears: 26,000
Redshift: 26,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/music/

Type
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Instrument: ACIS
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2000-03-29-0000
Integration Time: 2257200
Dataset ID: 658, 944, 945, 1561, 2267, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2279, 2280, 2281, 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2295, 2296, 2943, 2951, 2952, 2593, 8567, 2954, 3392, 3393, 3549, 3663, 3665, 4500, 4683, 4684, 5360, 5892, 5950, 5951, 5952, 5953, 5954, 6113, 6363, 6639, 6640, 6646, 7034, 7048, 7345, 7346, 7554, 7555, 7556, 7557, 8214, 8459, 8567
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.4, -28.933
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Quality: Position
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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: 817

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/music/music.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-01-31T20:43:13-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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26,000 light years