M101 Composite Image: Chandra Data (Blue Component)
Credit: NASA, CXC, and K. Kuntz (JHU)
Observation • February 10th, 2009 • ssc2009-03a4
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The blue color shows Chandra's view in X-ray light. Sources of X-rays include million-degree gas, exploded stars, and material colliding around black holes.
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About the Object
- Name
- Pinwheel Galaxy • Messier 101 • M101
- Type
- Galaxy > Type > Spiral
- Galaxy > Activity > Normal
- Distance
- 27,000,000 Light Years
- Redshift
- 0.0008
Color Mapping
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| X-ray | 1.5 keV | Chandra ACIS |
