File:Living the High Life- A nebula with active star formation about 6,500 light years from Earth. (6261582450).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionLiving the High Life- A nebula with active star formation about 6,500 light years from Earth. (6261582450).jpg |
Description: This composite image of NGC 281 contains X-ray data from Chandra (purple) with infrared observations from Spitzer (red, green, blue). The high-mass stars in NGC 281 drive many aspects of their galactic environment through powerful winds flowing from their surfaces and intense radiation that heats surrounding gas, "boiling it away" into interstellar space. This process results in the formation of large columns of gas and dust, as seen on the left side of the image. These structures likely contain newly forming stars. The eventual deaths of massive stars as supernovas will also seed the galaxy with material and energy. Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray Date: 2011 Persistent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/ngc281/ Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/S.Wolk; IR: NASA/JPL/CfA/S.Wolk |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
Headline | A nebula with active star formation about 6,500 light years from Earth. |
Credit/Provider | X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/S.Wolk; IR: NASA/JPL/CfA/S.Wolk |
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Date and time of data generation | 28 September 2011 |
Width | 3,600 px |
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Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows |
File change date and time | 11:35, 13 October 2011 |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Color space | sRGB |
Date metadata was last modified | 07:35, 13 October 2011 |
Date and time of digitizing | 07:35, 9 May 2011 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:F87F117407206811A11E8122AD845DE6 |
Keywords | NGC 281 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
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IIM version | 4 |