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More Images of The Antennae
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Chandra X-ray Image of The Antennae
This Chandra image is a wide-field X-ray view of The Antennae. It
reveals spectacular loops of hot gas spreading out from the southern
part of The Antennae into intergalactic space. Also shown are huge
clouds of multimillion degree gas and bright point like sources due
to neutron stars and black holes. The image is color coded so that
low, medium and high energy X-rays appear as red, green and blue,
respectively.
Scale: Image is 4.8 arcmin per side.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/G. Fabbiano et al.)
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Chandra Image of Diffuse Emission
This X-ray image has been processed to minimize the point sources
in the Chandra observations of The Antennae galaxies. The result is
that the clouds of multimillion-degree gas in the system are clearly
revealed. The colors in this image show the intensity of the low (red),
medium (green) and high (blue) energy X-rays.
Scale: Image is 2 arcmin per side.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/G. Fabbiano et al.)
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Composite Abundance Map
This image is a composite of three maps tracing the abundances of
elements found in The Antennae system. These elements are coded so
that iron appears as red, magnesium as green, and silicon as blue.
Scale: Image is 2 arcmin per side.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/G. Fabbiano et al.)
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Separate
Abundance Maps of The Antennae
Red: Iron (Fe)
Green: Magnesium (Mg)
Blue: Silicon (Si)
Scale: Each image is 2 arcmin per side.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/G. Fabbiano et al.)
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Wide-field Optical Image
This visible light image is a wide-field look at the region surrounding
the pair of colliding galaxies known as The Antennae.
Scale: Image is 36 arcmin per side.
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Spectrum of Region in Antennae
This is a spectrum of a region in The Antennae galaxies that shows
the physical signatures of elements of iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg),
and silicon (Si). Spectroscopy is the study of how different atoms
absorb and emit light and can reveal the chemical composition of astronomical
objects.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/G. Fabbiano) |
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Chandra X-ray Image with Scale Bar
Scale bar = 1 arcmin
(Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/G.Fabbiano et al.) |
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