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Source	Chandra X-ray Observatory
Credit/Provider	NASA/UMD/A.Wilson et al.
Headline	X-ray jet extends from active galaxy toward hot spot.
Copyright holder	http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Author	Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Image title	Chandra's image of Pictor A gave scientists their first look at a spectacular X-ray jet. The jet originates near a giant black hole (left) in the central region of the galaxy and streaks toward a brilliant X-ray hot spot (right) 800 thousand light years (8 times the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy) away. The hot spot is thought to represent the advancing head of the jet which brightens as it plows into the tenuous gas of intergalactic space.
Short title	Spectacular X-ray Jet Points Toward Cosmic Energy Booster
Usage terms	http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Date and time of data generation	6 June 2000
Exif version	2.21
Image width	650 px
Image height	343 px
Color space	sRGB
Width	650 px
Height	343 px
Pixel composition	RGB
Number of components	3
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Bits per component	8 8 8
Date and time of digitizing	10:51, 12 October 2007
Date metadata was last modified	09:14, 11 February 2011
Keywords	Pictor A
Contact information	cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu http://chandra.harvard.edu 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA 617.496.7941
IIM version	2