File:Centaurus A- Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment Revealed in New Chandra Image (2941487602).jpg
Original file (3,000 × 3,000 pixels, file size: 577 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionCentaurus A- Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment Revealed in New Chandra Image (2941487602).jpg |
Description: In a long Chandra exposure lasting over seven days, Centaurus A reveals the effects of the supermassive black hole at its center. Opposing jets of high-energy particles are seen extending to the outer reaches of the galaxy, and numerous smaller black holes in binary star systems are also visible. In this image, low-energy X-rays are colored red, intermediate-energy X-rays are green, and the highest-energy X-rays detected by Chandra are blue. The dark green and blue bands running almost perpendicular to the jet are dust lanes that absorb X-rays, created when Centaurus A merged with another galaxy perhaps 100 million years ago. Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray Date: 2008 Persistent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/cena/ Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Gift line: NASA/CXC/SAO Accession number: centaurusa |
Date | |
Source | Centaurus A: Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment Revealed in New Chandra Image |
Author | Smithsonian Institution from United States |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
Smithsonian Institution @ Flickr Commons |
Licensing
[edit]This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as: No known copyright restrictionsNo restrictionshttps://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/false
More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/. Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information. |
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Smithsonian Institution at https://flickr.com/photos/25053835@N03/2941487602. It was reviewed on 14 September 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions. |
14 September 2016
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 07:38, 14 September 2016 | 3,000 × 3,000 (577 KB) | Vanished Account Byeznhpyxeuztibuo (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Image title |
|
---|---|
Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
Headline | Centaurus A: Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment Revealed in New Chandra Image |
Credit/Provider | NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. |
Online copyright statement | |
Usage terms | |
Date and time of data generation | 9 January 2008 |
Width | 3,000 px |
Height | 3,000 px |
Bits per component |
|
Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 10:29, 30 September 2008 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 3,000 px |
Image height | 3,000 px |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 06:29, 30 September 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 14:39, 8 October 2008 |
Keywords |
|
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA |
IIM version | 2 |