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More Images of XTE J1550-564
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Chandra Image of XTE
J1550-564
In this Chandra image of XTE J1550-564, taken in June
2002, red represents the central black hole and blue
shows the western jet emanating from it. The cometary
shape of the western jet indicates that it is being
slowed down by interstellar gas.
(Credit: NASA/CXC)
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Radio
Image of XTE J1550-564 (June 2000)
This image of XTE J1550-564 was taken with the
Australia Telescope Compact Array on June 1, 2000. The
stationary black hole is seen at the center of the
image and the eastern jet clearly appears in the radio
wavelengths. The diagonal tilts of the sources in the
image are instrumental artifacts.
(Credit: ATCA)
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Radio Image of XTE J1550-564
(January 2002)
A follow-up observation of XTE J1550-564 with the
Australia Telescope Compact Array reveals that the
western jet has emerged while the eastern jet has faded
at this time period. The diagonal tilts of the sources
in the image are instrumental artifacts.
(Credit: ATCA)
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Artist's Conception of X-ray Binary System
An artist's conception shows a double star system with
a normal Sun-like star in orbit around a black hole. As
gaseous matter is pulled from the normal star, it forms
a disk around the black hole and is heated to
temperatures of millions of degrees. Intense
electromagnetic forces in the disk can expel jets of
high-energy particles.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)
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X-ray Jet PKS
1127-145
The Chandra X-ray image of the quasar PKS 1127-145, a
highly luminous source of X-rays and visible light
about 10 billion light years from Earth, shows an
enormous X-ray jet that extends at least a million
light years from the quasar. The inset box compares the
relative size of the Milky Way with the jet. The size
of the quasar from which the jet emanates is an
instrumental artifact due to the brightness of the
source. The quasar is consistent with a point-like
object. Furthermore, the system XTE J1550-564 is just a
fraction of the size and is found in one of the spiral
arms of the Milky Way galaxy.
(Credit:
NASA/CXC/A.Siemiginowska(CfA)/J.Bechtold(U.Arizona))
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Chandra Image of XTE J1550-564 (June 2000)
This Chandra image taken in June 2000 shows the black
hole XTE J1550-564 (center) and the approaching eastern
jet (right). In four years the jets moved about two
light years from the black hole. The jet appears faint
because the High Energy Transmission Grating was in
place for this observation. The apparent large size of
the source of X-rays from the vicinity of the black
hole is an instrumental artifact due to the brightness
of the source. The size of the source is consistent
with a point-like object.
Scale: Image is 1.64 x 0.82
arcmin.
(Credit: NASA/CXC)
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Chandra Image of XTE J1550-564
(August 2000)
This Chandra image taken in August 2000 shows the
black hole XTE J1550-564 (center) and the approaching
eastern jet. In four years the jets moved about two
light years from the black hole.
Scale: Image is 1.64 x 0.82
arcmin.
(Credit: NASA/CXC)
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Chandra Image of XTE J1550-564
(September 2000)
This Chandra image taken in September 2000 shows the
black hole XTE J1550-564 (center) and the approaching
eastern jet. In four years the jets moved about two
light years from the black hole.
Scale: Image is 1.64 x 0.82
arcmin.
(Credit: NASA/CXC)
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Chandra Image of XTE J1550-564
(March 2002)
This Chandra image taken in March 2002 shows the black
hole XTE J1550-564 (center), the approaching eastern
jet, and the receding western jet (right). In four
years the jets moved about two light years from the
black hole. The apparent large size of the source of
X-rays from the vicinity of the black hole is an
instrumental artifact due to the brightness of the
source. The size of the source is consistent with a
point-like object.
Scale: Image is 1.64 x 0.82
arcmin.
(Credit: NASA/CXC)
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Chandra Image of XTE J1550-564 (June 2002)
This Chandra image taken in June 2002 shows the black
hole XTE J1550-564 (center) and the receding western
jet (right). The jet has a cometary shape, indicating
that it is being slowed down by interstellar gas. In
four years the jets moved about two light years from
the black hole.
Scale: Image is 1.64 x 0.82
arcmin.
(Credit: NASA/CXC)
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Chandra X-ray Image with Scale
Bar
Scale bar = 20 arcsec
(Credit: Left: X-ray - NASA/CXC; Right: Illustration - NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)
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