Detail View: NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection:
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Name:
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Sombrero Galaxy: A Great Observatories View
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Release Date:
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April 30, 2007
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Credit:
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X-ray: NASA/UMass/Q.D.Wang et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI/AURA/Hubble Heritage; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. AZ/R.Kennicutt/SINGS Team
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Category:
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Normal Galaxies & Starburst Galaxies
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Scale:
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Image is 8.4 arcmin per side.
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Coordinates (J2000):
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RA 12h 39m 59.4s | Dec -11ยบ 37' 23
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Constellation:
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Virgo
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Observation Date:
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May 31, 2001
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Obs. ID:
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1586
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Color Code:
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X-ray (blue); Optical (green); Infrared (red)
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Instrument:
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ACIS
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Also Known As:
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M104
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Distance Estimate:
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About 28 million light years
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Reference:
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Li, Wang and Hameed, 2007, MNRAS, 376, 960
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facet_what:
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Aura
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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facet_when:
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April 30, 2007
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facet_when_year:
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2001
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UID:
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SPD-CHAND-photo/2007/sombrero/sombrero.tif
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original url:
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http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/sombrero/index.html
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