25 Images to Celebrate NASA's Chandra 25th Anniversary

chandra_838s July 22nd, 2024

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: ESO/VLT; Infrared: NASA/ESA/STScI/JWST/PHANGS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare, 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 Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 1365

Distance

60,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 3h 33m 36.4s; DEC = -36° 8’ 25.0”
Orientation: North is 8.1° CCW
Field of View: 2.7 x 2.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Fornax

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray (None)	3.0 µm
Webb	Infrared (PAH)	3.4 µm
VLT	Optical (None)	3.6 µm

ID: 838s
Subject Category
Subject Name: NGC 1365
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: ESO/VLT; Infrared: NASA/ESA/STScI/JWST/PHANGS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare, J. Major

Release Date: 2024-07-22
Lightyears: 60,000,000
Redshift: 60,000,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra, JWST, VLT
Instrument: ACIS, -, -
Color Assignment: Blue, Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor

Band: X-ray, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: None, PAH, None, PAH, PAH, Silicate, PAH, None
Central Wavelength: 3000, 3350, 3600, 7700, 7700, 10000, 11300, 21000

Start Time: 2006-04-10-0701, -, -
Integration Time: 87320, -, -
Dataset ID: 6868, 6869, 6870, 6871, 6872, 6873
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 53.401666666666664, -36.140277777777776
Reference Dimension: 2617.0, 2085.0

Reference Pixel: 1308.5, 1042.5
Scale: -1.748531892254165e-05, 1.748531892254165e-05
Rotation: 8.1200000000000756
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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: 25th_ngc1365.tif

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/25th_ngc1365.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-07-21T13:22:54-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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60,000,000 light years