From b0d25821cf7ba55720943d170bc9fddc9128a835 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Williams Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:32:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] cxprep/chandra.txt: prepare 2012 images for registration --- cxprep/chandra.txt | 312 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 180 insertions(+), 132 deletions(-) diff --git a/cxprep/chandra.txt b/cxprep/chandra.txt index abcec62..4b7674b 100644 --- a/cxprep/chandra.txt +++ b/cxprep/chandra.txt @@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-499.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|499 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Hughes; This galaxy cluster, which has been -nicknamed "El Gordo" for the "big" or "fat" one in Spanish, is a remarkable -object. Found i... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Hughes et al, Optical: ESO/VLT/Pontificia +Universidad. Catolica de Chile/L.Infante & SOAR +(MSU/NOAO/UNC/CNPq-Brazil)/Rutgers/F.Menanteau, IR: NASA/JPL/Rutgers/F.Menanteau -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -19,9 +18,12 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-499L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/elgordo/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-499.jpg -text> El Gordo +text> "El Gordo" is the nickname given to an extraordinary galaxy cluster in the +distant universe. A composite image shows El Gordo in X-ray light from NASA's +Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue, along with optical data from the European +Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in red, green, and blue, and +infrared emission from the NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in red and orange. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -31,11 +33,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-500.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|500 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/I.Lovchinsky; G350.1+0.3 is a young and -exceptionally bright supernova remnant in our Galaxy. While many supernova -remnants are nearly circul... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/I.Lovchinsky et al, IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -44,9 +43,14 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-500L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/g350/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-500.jpg -text> G350.1-0.3 +text> Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can +be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. Chandra's image of the +supernova remnant known as G350.1-0.3 is an example of this important +investigation. This stellar debris field is located some 14,700 light years from +the Earth toward the center of the Milky Way. Evidence from Chandra and from +ESA's XMM-Newton telescope suggest that a compact object within G350.1-0.3 may +be the dense core of the star that exploded. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -56,11 +60,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-501.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|501 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/F. Baganoff ; A new study provides a possible -explanation of mysterious X-ray flares detected by Chandra over the period of -several years. It... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/F. Baganoff et al.; Illustrations: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -69,9 +70,14 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-501L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sgra/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-501.jpg -text> Sagittarius A* +text> This image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the center of our +Galaxy, with a supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A* for +short) in the center. Using intermittent observations over several years, +Chandra has detected X-ray flares about once a day from Sgr A*. An asteroid that +undergoes a close encounter with another object, such as a star or planet, can +be thrown into an orbit headed towards Sgr A*, as seen in a series of artist's +illustrations beginning with the top-right panel. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -81,11 +87,9 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-503.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|503 -credits> NASA, ESA, CFHT, CXO, M.J. Jee (; This composite image shows the -distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and hot gas in the core of the merging -galaxy cluster Abel... +credits> NASA, ESA, CFHT, CXO, M.J. Jee (University of California, Davis), and +A. Mahdavi (San Francisco State University) -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -94,9 +98,11 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-503L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/a520/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-503.jpg -text> Image File +text> This composite image shows the distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and +hot gas in the core of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 520, formed from a +violent collision of massive galaxy clusters that is located about 2.4 billion +light years from Earth. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -106,11 +112,9 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-504.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|504 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/Caltech/A.Newman; Two teams of astronomers have used -data from Chandra and other telescopes to map the distribution of dark matter in -three dimens... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/Caltech/A.Newman et al/Tel Aviv/A.Morandi & +M.Limousin; Optical: NASA/STScI, ESO/VLT, SDSS -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -119,9 +123,13 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-504L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/a383/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-504.jpg -text> Abell 383 +text> Two teams of astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray +Observatory and other telescopes to map the distribution of dark matter in a +galaxy cluster known as Abell 383, which is located about 2.3 billion light +years from Earth. Not only were the researchers able to find where the dark +matter lies in the two dimensions across the sky, they were also able to +determine how the dark matter is distributed along the line of sight. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -130,11 +138,8 @@ copyright: Public domain license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-505.jpg -credits> Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; ; This two-panel graphic compares an -artist's illustration (left) of a simplified picture of the inner layers of a -star just befor... +credits> llustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/GSFC/U.Hwang & J.Laming -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -143,9 +148,14 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-505L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/casa/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-505.jpg -text> Image File +text> A new X-ray study of the remains of an exploded star indicates that the +supernova that disrupted the massive star may have turned it inside out in the +process. Using very long observations of Cassiopeia A (or Cas A), a team of +scientists has mapped the distribution of elements in the supernova remnant in +unprecedented detail. This information shows where the different layers of the +pre-supernova star are located three hundred years after the explosion, and +provides insight into the nature of the supernova. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -155,11 +165,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-506.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|506 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCDavis/W.Dawson; This composite image shows Chandra -(red) and Hubble (yellow and white) data of the galaxy cluster system that has -been nicknamed... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCDavis/W.Dawson et al; Optical: NASA/STScI/UCDavis/W.Dawson et al. -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -168,9 +175,12 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-506L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/musketball/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-506.jpg -text> Image File +text> Using a combination of powerful observatories in space and on the ground, +astronomers have observed a violent collision between two galaxy clusters in +which so-called normal matter has been wrenched apart from dark matter through a +violent collision between two galaxy clusters. The newly discovered galaxy +cluster is called DLSCL J0916.2+2951. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -180,11 +190,9 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-507.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|507 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley e; This composite of 30 Doradus, aka the -Tarantula Nebula, contains data from Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Spitzer -(red). L... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: +NASA/JPL/PSU/L.Townsley et al. -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -193,9 +201,15 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-507L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/30dor/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-507.jpg -text> Tarantula Nebula +text> 30 Doradus is located in the neighboring galaxy called the Large +Magellanic Cloud, and is one of the largest star-forming regions located close +to the Milky Way. At the center of 30 Doradus, thousands of massive stars are +blowing off material and producing intense radiation along with powerful winds. +The Chandra X-ray Observatory detects gas that has been heated to millions of +degrees by these stellar winds and also by supernova explosions. These X-rays, +colored blue in this composite image, come from shock fronts — similar to sonic +booms — formed by this high-energy stellar activity. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -205,11 +219,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-511.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|511 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/Royal Military C; This composite image shows the galaxy -UGC 5189A in X-ray data from Chandra (purple) and optical data from Hubble (red, -green and... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/Royal Military College of Canada/P.Chandra et al); Optical: NASA/STScI -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -218,9 +229,14 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-511L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sn2010/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-511.jpg -text> SN 2010jl +text> Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided X-ray +evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding +the star that exploded. This discovery may help astronomers understand why some +supernovas are much more powerful than others. On November 3, 2010, a supernova +was discovered in the galaxy UGC 5189A, located about 160 million light years +away. Supernove SN 2010jl is the very bright X-ray source near the top of the +galaxy. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -230,11 +246,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-512.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|512 -credits> NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CfA; This composite image of M101 (aka, the -"Pinwheel Galaxy") combines data from four of NASA's space-based telescopes. -X-rays from... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; IR & UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/STScI -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -243,9 +256,11 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-512L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m101/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-512.jpg -text> M101 +text> This image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, or also known as M101, combines data in +the infrared, visible, ultraviolet and X-rays from four of NASA's space-based +telescopes. This multi-spectral view shows that both young and old stars are +evenly distributed along M101's tightly-wound spiral arms. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -255,11 +270,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-513.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|513 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Civano et ; Chandra and other telescopes have -shown that the galaxy CID-42 likely contains a massive black hole being ejected -at several mil... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Civano et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Optical (wide field): CFHT, NASA/STScI -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -268,9 +280,16 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-513L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cid42/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-513.jpg -text> Image File +text> The galaxy at the center of this image contains an X-ray source, CID-42, +with exceptional properties. Researchers think that CID-42 contains a massive +black hole being ejected from its host galaxy at several million miles per hour. +The outlined box in the main image represents the more localized view of CID-42 +that is shown in the three separate boxes on the right-hand side of the image. +At the top is an image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The X-ray emission is +concentrated in a single source, corresponding to one of the two sources seen in +deep observations by Hubble, which is shown in the middle inset box. The bottom +inset shows how the X-rays align with the optical data in the two insets above. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -280,11 +299,9 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-515.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|515 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/UC Berkeley/J.To; Using Chandra, XMM-Newton, and the -Parkes radio telescope, researchers have found evidence for what may be the -fastest moving pu... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/UC Berkeley/J.Tomsick et al & ESA/XMM-Newton, Optical: +DSS; IR: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -293,9 +310,15 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-515L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/igrj11014/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-515.jpg -text> IGR J11014-6103 +text> Researchers using three different telescopes — NASA's Chandra X-ray +Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton in space, and the Parkes radio telescope in +Australia — may have found the fastest moving pulsar ever seen: IGR J1104-6103. +The evidence for this potentially record-breaking speed comes, in part, from the +features highlighted in this composite image. X-ray observations from Chandra +(green) and XMM-Newton (purple) have been combined with infrared data from the +2MASS project and optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey (colored red, green +and blue, but appearing in the image as white). -wip: yes --- @image @@ -305,11 +328,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-518.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|518 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/STScI/K.Long et ; Using Chandra, astronomers have -detected X-rays from the remains of a supernova that was spotted from Earth over -50 years ago. ... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/STScI/K.Long et al., Optical: NASA/STScI -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -318,9 +338,17 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-518L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m83sn/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-518.jpg -text> M83 +text> Over fifty years ago, a supernova was discovered in M83, a spiral galaxy +about 15 million light years from Earth. Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra +X-ray Observatory to make the first detection of X-rays emitted by the debris +from this explosion. Named SN 1957D because it was the fourth supernova to be +discovered in the year of 1957, it is one of only a few located outside of the +Milky Way galaxy that is detectable, in both radio and optical wavelengths, +decades after its explosion was observed. In 1981, astronomers saw the remnant +of the exploded star in radio waves, and then in 1987 they detected the remnant +at optical wavelengths, years after the light from the explosion itself became +undetectable. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -329,11 +357,8 @@ copyright: Public domain license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-519.jpg -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/M.McDonald;; The Phoenix Cluster is an -extraordinary galaxy cluster that is breaking several important astronomical -records. The composite i... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/M.McDonald; UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M.McDonald; Optical: AURA/NOAO/CTIO/MIT/M.McDonald; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -342,9 +367,14 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-519L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/phoenix/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-519.jpg -text> Phoenix Cluster +text> The image on the left shows the newly discovered Phoenix Cluster, located +about 5.7 billion light years from Earth. This composite includes an X-ray image +from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in purple, an optical image from the 4m +Blanco telescope in red, green and blue, and an ultraviolet (UV) image from +NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) in blue. The Chandra data show hot gas +in the cluster and the optical and UV images show galaxies in the cluster and in +nearby parts of the sky. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -354,11 +384,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-520.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|520 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, I; The star cluster NGC 1929 contains -massive stars that produce intense radiation, expel matter at high speeds, and -race through t... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, IR: NASA/JPL, Optical: ESO/WFI/2.2-m -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -367,9 +394,13 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-520L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/n1929/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-520.jpg -text> Image File +text> This composite image shows a superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud +(LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located about 160,000 light +years from Earth. Many new stars, some of them very massive, are forming in the +star cluster NGC 1929, which is embedded in the nebula N44. The massive stars +produce intense radiation, expel matter at high speeds, and race through their +evolution to explode as supernovas. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -379,11 +410,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-521.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|521 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/D.Patnaude, ; This composite image of Kepler's -supernova remnant shows different colors ranging from lower to higher energies: -red, yellow, gr... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/D.Patnaude, Optical: DSS -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -392,9 +420,16 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-521L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/kepler/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-521.jpg -text> Kepler's Supernova Remnant +text> In 1604, a new star appeared in the night sky that was much brighter than +Jupiter and dimmed over several weeks. This event was witnessed by sky watchers +including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler. Centuries later, the debris +from this exploded star is known as the Kepler supernova remnant. Astronomers +have long studied the Kepler supernova remnant and tried to determine exactly +what happened when the star exploded to create it. New analysis of a long +observation from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is providing more clues. This +analysis suggests that the supernova explosion was not only more powerful, but +might have also occurred at a greater distance, than previously thought. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -404,11 +439,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-524.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|524 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/George Mason Uni; One of the lowest mass supermassive -black holes ever observed in the middle of a galaxy has been identified, thanks -to NASA's Ch... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/George Mason Univ/N.Secrest et al; Optical: SDSS -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -417,9 +449,12 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-524L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4178/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-524.jpg -text> NGC 4178 +text> One of the lowest mass supermassive black holes ever observed in the +middle of a galaxy has been identified, thanks to NASA's Chandra X-ray +Observatory and several other observatories. The host galaxy is of a type not +expected to harbor supermassive black holes, suggesting that this black hole, +while related to its supermassive cousins, may have a different origin. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -429,11 +464,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-525.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|525 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Drake et a; This composite image of the star -cluster Cygnus OB2 contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), infrared data from -Spitzer (red), and o... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Drake et al, Optical: Univ. of Hertfordshire/INT/IPHAS, Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -442,9 +474,16 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-525L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cygob2/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-525.jpg -text> Cygnus OB2 +text> The Milky Way and other galaxies in the universe harbor many young star +clusters and associations that each contain hundreds to thousands of hot, +massive, young stars known as O and B stars. The star cluster Cygnus OB2 +contains more than 60 O-type stars and about a thousand B-type stars. At a +relatively nearby distance to Earth of about 5,000 light years, Cygnus OB2 is +the closest massive cluster. Deep observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray +Observatory of Cygnus OB2 have been used to detect the X-ray emission from the +hot outer atmospheres, or coronas, of young stars in the cluster and to probe +how these great star factories form and evolve. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -454,11 +493,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-526.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|526 -credits> Inset X-ray (NASA/CXC/IAA-CSIC/M; The inset image on the right is a -close-up view of A30 showing X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in -purple and Hu... +credits> Inset X-ray (NASA/CXC/IAA-CSIC/M.Guerrero et al); Inset Optical (NASA/STScI); Widefield X-ray (ESA/XMM-Newton); Widefield Optical (NSF/NOAO/KPNO) -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -467,9 +503,16 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-526L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/a30/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-526.jpg -text> Abell 30 +text> These images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, (a.k.a. A30), show one of +the clearest views ever obtained of a special phase of evolution for these +objects. The inset is a close-up view of A30 showing X-ray data from NASA's +Chandra X-ray Observatory in purple and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data +showing optical emission from oxygen ions in orange. The main image is a larger +view showing optical and X-ray data from the Kitt Peak National Observatory and +ESA's XMM-Newton, respectively. In this image the optical data show emission +from oxygen (orange) and hydrogen (green and blue), and X-ray emission is +colored purple. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -479,11 +522,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-527.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|527 -credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/NRC/C.Cheung et ; This composite image shows GB -1428+4217, a quasar that contains the most distant X-ray jet ever observed. This -view contains X-... +credits> X-ray: NASA/CXC/NRC/C.Cheung et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -492,9 +532,13 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-527L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/gb1428/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-527.jpg -text> GB 1428+4217 +text> This composite image shows the most distant X-ray jet ever observed. X-ray +data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue, radio data from +the NSF's Very Large Array are shown in purple and optical data from NASA's +Hubble Space Telescope are shown in yellow. The jet was produced by a quasar +named GB 1428+4217, or GB 1428 for short, and is located 12.4 billion light +years from Earth. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -504,11 +548,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-528.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|528 -credits> X-ray (NASA/CXC/SAO/A.Prestwich ; NGC 922 was formed by the collision -between two galaxies one seen in this composite image (where X-rays from Chandra -are red and... +credits> X-ray (NASA/CXC/SAO/A.Prestwich et al); Optical (NASA/STScI) -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -517,9 +558,14 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-528L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc922/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-528.jpg -text> NGC 922 +text> The ring galaxy NGC 922 is seen in this composite image containing X-rays +from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (red) and optical data from the Hubble +Space Telescope (appearing as pink, yellow and blue). NGC 922 was formed by the +collision between two galaxies — one seen in this image and another located +outside the field of view. This collision triggered the formation of new stars +in the shape of a ring. Some of these were massive stars that evolved and +collapsed to form black holes. -wip: yes --- @image @@ -529,11 +575,8 @@ license_id: CC-PDDC thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-529.jpg astropix_ids: chandra|529 -credits> NASA/CXC/Ohio State Univ./C.Grie; This multiwavelength image of the -galaxy NGC 3627 contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), infrared data from Spitzer -(red), and opt... +credits> NASA/CXC/Ohio State Univ./C.Grier et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI, ESO/WFI; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech -wip: yes --- @scene @@ -542,9 +585,14 @@ image_url: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/Chandra-529L{1}X{2}Y{3}.pn outgoing_url: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc3627/ thumbnail: http://wwtfiles.blob.core.windows.net/vamp/thumb-Chandra-529.jpg -text> NGC 3627 +text> The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from +Earth. This composite image includes X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray +Observatory (blue), infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red), and +optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope +(yellow). The inset shows the central region, which contains a bright X-ray +source that is likely powered by material falling onto a supermassive black +hole. -wip: yes --- @image