File:Hydra A- Chandra Ploughs Up a Snake In Hydra A (1999-0087).pdf

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Hydra A is a galaxy cluster that is 840 million light years from Earth (redshift = .054). The cluster gets its name from the strong radio source, Hydra A, that originates in a galaxy near the center of the cluster.

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English: Hydra A is a galaxy cluster that is 840 million light years from Earth (redshift = .054). The cluster gets its name from the strong radio source, Hydra A, that originates in a galaxy near the center of the cluster. Optical observations show a few hundred galaxies in the cluster. Chandra X-ray observations reveal a large cloud of hot gas that extends throughout the cluster. The gas cloud is several million light years across and has a temperature of about 40 million degrees in the outer parts decreasing to about 35 million degrees in the inner region.
Date 9 December 1999 (upload date)
Source Hydra A: Chandra Ploughs Up a Snake In Hydra A
Author NASA/CXC/SAO
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Category
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Groups & Clusters of Galaxies
Color Code
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Intensity
Constellation
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Hydra
Coordinates (J2000)
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RA 09h 18m 06s
Distance Estimate
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840 million (z=0.054) light years
Observation Date(s)
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October 30, 1999
Observation ID(s)
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575
Observation Time
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7 hours
Scale
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Image is 2.7 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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