Submitted by chandra_blog_manager on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 19:03.
This messy collision of galaxy clusters is about 2.4 billion light years from Earth.
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The image is just amazing. I
The image is just amazing. I am searching for more such great image. Can you send me some more?
Find out more about Abell
Find out more about Abell 520 (a composite of data from Chandra and also the Canada-France-Hawaii and Subaru telescopes) at
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/a520/index.html
And if you like this image, check out the Bullet Cluster:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/1e0657/
and Macs J0025.4-1222:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/macs/
-Kim for Chandra
Great, just great. I can't
Great, just great. I can't imagine that I am viewing such a distant place (2.4 billion light years). I must say that the universe is really great and so big that we can't imagine. I want publish this in my blog.
cool.....
This is truly amazing. To think this exist 2.4 billion light years away in space is mind boggling, thanks for sharing this piece.
Best Regards
Jay Pleas,
Keep up the good
Keep up the good work.
wow, that really looks nice.
wow, that really looks nice. we are just a tine ant in this whole universe!
Love It
Good information, thank you
Did you know in a small
Did you know in a small screenshot like this there are like 1 billion planets and stars? Its really insane. We as earth are nothing.
Wow
Very interesting.
Astonishing shot!
What on earth could take such a beautiful shot? Was it Hubble? Indeed we're just a dust particle compared to this galaxy... Kim, can you please post more... thx!
Find out more about Abell
Find out more about Abell 520 (a composite of data from Chandra and also the Canada-France-Hawaii and Subaru telescopes) at
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/a520/index.html
And if you like this image, check out the Bullet Cluster:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/1e0657/
and Macs J0025.4-1222:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/macs/
-Kim for Chandra
Thx. very
Thx. very exciting
cool image
really great!
Super Image
im excited with this beatiful image, we also can share pictures take at Observatorio Astronomico Nacional UNAM at San Pedro Martir BC, Mexico.
John Rich
Instituto Astronomico Nacional
very cool image
X-ray Fan
Very Nice
Love it!
Wow!
Looked at this image 10 minutes. If it were in a bit larger resolution I would have it as desktop.
BTW, does anybody know, How such pictures are renderred? Give me a link please...
RE: Wow!
We're glad you liked it. You can find a desktop of it here:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/desktops_year.html?year=2007
And this article might be helpful on how the images are processed:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/chronicle/0401/ciao_data.html
-Kim for Chandra
Thanks
Thank you for great article.
Yes, you are right. This is,
Yes, you are right. This is, indeed, a great article.