Chandra Release - November 15, 2018

Visual Description: Abell 1033

This image is a composite showcasing the distant galaxy cluster Abell 1033 in X-ray, optical and radio light. The dominant colors in the image are purple and blue, with dots of pale yellow, mostly distant galaxies, scattered throughout the background. In the center of the image, there is a bright blue and purple object, with wisps of gas strongly resembling the starship Enterprise - an iconic spaceship from the "Star Trek" franchise. This image incorporates X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (colored in purple) and radio emission from the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) network in the Netherlands (blue). Optical emission from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey is also shown (yellow-white). The galaxy cluster is located about 1.6 billion light years from Earth.