Cosmic Sparklers

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Color Mapping

Band	Wavelength	Telescope
X-ray	1.5 keV	Chandra ACIS
Optical	443 nm	DSS DSS2B
Optical	660 nm	DSS DSS2R
Optical	656 nm	NOAO
Infrared	4.5 µm	Spitzer IRAC

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Astrometrics

Position (J2000): RA = 3^h 29^m 2.0^s; Dec = 31° 20' 54.6"
Field of View: 18.0 x 18.0 arcminutes
Orientation: North is up
Constellation: Perseus

Recent News

07.02.15

This new composite image of stellar cluster NGC 1333 combines X-rays from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory (pink); infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (red); and optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey and the National Optical Astronomical Observatories Mayall 4-meter telescope on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona.

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	April 28 Spitzer Telescope Reveals the Precise Timing of a Black Hole Dance
	April 17 California Nebula Stars in Final Mosaic by NASA's Spitzer

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	June 22 HIP 67522 b: The Youngest Known Hot Jupiter
	April 29 Sizes of Black Holes in Galaxy OJ 287 Relative to the Solar System
	April 28 Black Hole Disk Flare in Galaxy OJ 287
	April 17 Spitzer California Nebula Mosaic