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chandra_845 October 28th, 2024

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Drake et al, IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Spitzer; Image Processing:NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/cygob2/

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: Cygnus OB2

Distance

Universescale1

4,600 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 20h 33m 12.0s; DEC = 41° 19’ 0.0”
Constellation: Cygnus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	-
	Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared	-
	Spitzer (MIPS)	Infrared	-

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ID: 845
Subject Category
Subject Name: Cygnus OB2
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Drake et al, IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Spitzer; Image Processing:NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

Release Date: 2024-10-28
Lightyears: 4,600
Redshift: 4,600
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/cygob2/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Spitzer, Spitzer
Instrument: ACIS, IRAC, MIPS
Color Assignment: Purple, Pseudocolor, Cyan

Band: X-ray, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2004-01-16-1051, -, -
Integration Time: 1193360, -, -
Dataset ID: 4501, 4511, 7426, 10939, 10940, 10941, 10942, 10943, 10944, 10945, 10946, 10947, 10948, 10949, 10950, 10951, 10952, 10953, 10954, 10955, 10956, 10957, 10958, 10959, 10960, 10961, 10962, 10963, 10964, 10965, 10966, 10967, 10968, 10969, 10970, 10971, 10972, 10973, 10974, 12099
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 308.3, 41.31666666666667
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
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: cygob2.tif

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/cygob2/cygob2.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-10-29T15:02:58-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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