File:NGC 1132- A Mysterious Elliptical Galaxy (An elliptical galaxy at a distance of about 300 million light years.) (2940658547).jpg
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DescriptionNGC 1132- A Mysterious Elliptical Galaxy (An elliptical galaxy at a distance of about 300 million light years.) (2940658547).jpg |
Description: This image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 and its surrounding region combines data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue/purple in the image is the X-ray glow from hot, diffuse gas detected by Chandra. Hubble's data reveal a giant foreground elliptical galaxy, plus numerous dwarf galaxies in its neighborhood, and many much more distant galaxies in the background. 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/ngc1132/ Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M. West Accession number: ngc1132 |
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Source | NGC 1132: A Mysterious Elliptical Galaxy (An elliptical galaxy at a distance of about 300 million light years.) |
Author | Smithsonian Institution from United States |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
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Copyright holder | http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html |
Credit/Provider | X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M. West |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
Headline | An elliptical galaxy at a distance of about 300 million light years. |
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Date and time of data generation | 5 February 2008 |
Width | 2,382 px |
Height | 2,298 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 CS3 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 10:33, 30 September 2008 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Image width | 2,382 px |
Image height | 2,298 px |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 06:33, 30 September 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 14:39, 8 October 2008 |
Keywords | NGC 1132 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
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IIM version | 2 |