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About the Image
- Date
- 2015-07-02
- ID
- sig15-010
- Type
- Observation
- Credit
- NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/NOAO/DSS
About the Object
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 |
Astrometrics
- Position (J2000)
- RA = 3h 29m 2.0s
- Dec = 31° 20' 54.6"
- Field of View
- 18.0 x 18.0 arcminutes
- Orientation
- North is up
- Constellation
- Perseus
07.02.15
Cosmic Sparklers
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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