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X-ray Image of Galaxy Cluster MS 0735
This image of galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 was taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory in November 2003. Diffuse, hot gas with a temperature of nearly 50 million degrees permeates the space between the galaxies in the cluster. The gas emits X-rays, which are seen as blue in this...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2006-51-2011-image
This image of galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 was taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory in November 2003. Diffuse, hot gas with a temperature of nearly 50 million degrees permeates the space between the galaxies in the cluster. The gas emits X-rays, which are seen as blue in this image. Enormous holes or cavities in the gas, each roughly 640,000 light-years in diameter - nearly seven times the diameter of the Milky Way are seen in the image. The cavities were created by jets of charged particles ejected at nearly light speed from a supermassive black hole weighing nearly a billion times the mass of our Sun, which lurks in the nucleus of the bright central galaxy.
Credits
NASA/CXC, B. McNamara (University of Waterloo and Ohio University)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | MS 0735.6+7421, Galaxy Cluster MS 0735 |
| Object Description | Galaxy Cluster |
| R.A. Position | 07h 41m 50.2s |
| Dec. Position | 74° 14' 51.0" |
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Distance | About 2.6 billion light years |
| Dimensions | 4 arcminutes (3 million light-years or 900 kiloparsecs) wide |
| About The Data | |
| Instrument | CXO>ACIS |
| Exposure Dates | November 30, 2003 |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | CXO: X-ray |
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