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Date
2015-07-02
ID
sig15-010
Type
Observation
Credit
NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/NOAO/DSS

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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 = 3h 29m 2.0s
Dec = 31° 20' 54.6"
Field of View
18.0 x 18.0 arcminutes
Orientation
North is up
Constellation
Perseus

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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.