25 Images to Celebrate NASA's Chandra 25th Anniversary

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chandra_838l July 22nd, 2024

Credit: X-ray: (Chandra) NASA/CXC/SAO, (IXPE) NASA/MSFC; Optical: ESO; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, J. Major

These images were released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chandra. They represent the wide range of objects that the telescope has observed over its quarter century of observations. X-rays are an especially penetrating type of light that reveals extremely hot objects and very energetic physical processes. The images range from supernova remnants, like Cassiopeia A, to star-formation regions like the Orion Nebula, to the region at the center of the Milky Way. This montage also contains objects beyond our own Galaxy including other galaxies and galaxy clusters.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Centaurus A

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
11,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 25m 27.6s
DEC = -43° 1’ 8.8”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
28.7 x 28.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (B) -
Pseudocolor IXPE X-ray (V) -
Pseudocolor ESO Optical (I) -
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ID
838l
Subject Category
Subject Name
Centaurus A
Credits
X-ray: (Chandra) NASA/CXC/SAO, (IXPE) NASA/MSFC; Optical: ESO; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, J. Major
Release Date
2024-07-22
Lightyears
11,000,000
Redshift
11,000,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, IXPE, ESO
Instrument
ACIS, -, -
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor
Band
X-ray, X-ray, Optical
Bandpass
B, V, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
1999-10-09-1121, -, -
Integration Time
844510, -, -
Dataset ID
16, 962, 2978, 3965, 7797, 7798, 7799, 7800, 8489, 8490, 10722, 10723, 10724, 10725, 10726, 11846, 11847, 12155, 12156, 13303, 13304
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
201.36508333333333, -43.01911111111111
Reference Dimension
3612.0, 3531.0
Reference Pixel
2182.97572749, 1497.88078484
Scale
-0.00013224039, 0.00013224039
Rotation
-0.02927891551999999
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
FITS Header
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
25th_cena.tif
Metadata Date
2024-07-21T13:14:15-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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