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These new versions of Webb’s first images combine its infrared data with X-rays collected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, underscoring how the power of any of these telescopes is only enhanced when joined with others. The Cartwheel galaxy gets its shape from a collision with another smaller galaxy — located outside the field of this image — about 100 million years ago. When this smaller galaxy punched through the Cartwheel, it triggered star formation that appears around an outer ring and elsewhere throughout the galaxy. X-rays seen by Chandra (blue and purple) come from superheated gas, individual exploded stars, and neutron stars and black holes pulling material from companion stars. Webb’s infrared view (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) shows the Cartwheel galaxy plus two smaller companion galaxies — not part of the collision — against a backdrop of many more distant galactic cousins. Full set of images and information: chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/chandrawebb/ Image credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI Image description: An image of the Cartwheel galaxy, a neon pink disk with an outer ring, and a solid, slightly off-center spiraling core. Linking the smooth core and the irregular outer ring are wispy pink plumes of silicate dust which resemble twisted spokes on a bicycle wheel. At the upper left of the image are two companion galaxies, also pink in color. In this image the companion galaxies appear to be about the same size as the core of the Cartwheel galaxy. One companion galaxy is shaped like a backwards S, and is marked by bright white dots and tangles of fine crinkly lines. Below it, the second companion galaxy appears delicate and smooth, like a faded swirl of cotton candy. |
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| Source | NASA's Chandra Adds X-ray Vision to Webb Images - Cartwheel Galaxy Composite |
| Author | NASA's James Webb Space Telescope from Greenbelt, MD, USA |
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