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Description: This image of NGC 4194 is a composite of X-rays from Chandra (blue) and optical light data from Hubble (orange). Located above the center of the galaxy, the "hair" of the Medusa is a tidal tail formed by a collision between galaxies. The bright X-ray source found on the left side of Medusa's hair is a black hole. A recent study of the Medusa galaxy and nine other galaxies measured the correlation between the formation of stars and the production of X-ray binaries. These X-ray binaries appear as the bright blue point-like sources in this image of Medusa. 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: 2009 Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5876 Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Iowa/P.Kaaret et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Univ of Iowa/P.Kaaret et al. Accession number: medusa |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Credit/Provider | X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Iowa/P.Kaaret et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Univ of Iowa/P.Kaaret et al. |
Headline | A galaxy lies about 110 million light years away |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
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Date and time of data generation | 11 March 2009 |
Width | 2,400 px |
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Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows |
File change date and time | 15:38, 26 May 2009 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 2,400 px |
Image height | 2,404 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:17, 13 May 2009 |
Date metadata was last modified | 11:38, 26 May 2009 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:83F05A342320681197A5A58212A9D714 |
Keywords | NGC 4194 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
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