File:Galactic Center- Chandra Discovers X-ray Source at the Center of Our Galaxy (2000-0204).pdf

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Chandra X-ray image of the innermost 10 light years at the center of our galaxy.

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English: Chandra X-ray image of the innermost 10 light years at the center of our galaxy. The image has been smoothed to bring out the X-ray emission from an extended cloud of hot gas surrounding the supermassive black-hole candidate Sagittarius A* (larger white dot at the very center of the image- a little to the left and above the smallest white dot). This gas glows in X-ray light because it has been heated to a temperature of millions of degrees by shock waves produced by supernova explosions and perhaps by colliding winds from young massive stars.
Date 14 January 2000 (upload date)
Source Galactic Center: Chandra Discovers X-ray Source at the Center of Our Galaxy
Author NASA/MIT/PSU
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Category
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Black Holes, Milky Way Galaxy
Color Code
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Intensity
Constellation
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Sagittarius
Coordinates (J2000)
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RA 17h 45m 40s
Distance Estimate
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26,000 light years
Observation ID(s)
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242
Scale
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Image is 1.3 arcmin across.
Instruments
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ACIS
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
Credit and attribution belongs to the Chandra X-ray Center, NASA/SAO/Penn State University/MIT

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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