Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection
Name:
Galactic Center X-ray Binaries: Chandra Finds a Black Hole Swarm Near Milky Way Center
Release Date:
January 10, 2005
Credit:
NASA/CXC/UCLA/M.Muno et al.
Category:
Milky Way Galaxy, Neutron Stars/X-ray Binaries
Scale:
Image is 1 arcmin per side.
Coordinates (J2000):
RA 17h 45m 40.00s | Dec -29° 00' 28.00
Constellation:
Sagittarius
Observation Date:
21 Sep 1999; 26 Oct 2000; 19 Feb, 23 March, 19 April, 07 May, 22 May, 24 May, 25 May, 28 May, 03 June 2002; 19 June, 05 July, 06 July, 28 August 2004
Observation Time:
8 days, 12 hours
Obs. ID:
242
Obs. ID:
2954
Obs. ID:
2953
Obs. ID:
2951
Obs. ID:
2952
Obs. ID:
3665
Obs. ID:
3663
Obs. ID:
3393
Obs. ID:
3392
Obs. ID:
1561
Obs. ID:
2943
Obs. ID:
5360
Obs. ID:
4684
Obs. ID:
4683
Obs. ID:
3549
Color Code:
Intensity
Instrument:
ACIS
Distance Estimate:
About 26,000 light years
Reference:
M.Muno et al. 2004, astro-ph/0412492
facet_what:
Sagittarius
facet_where:
Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_when:
28 August 2004
facet_when:
January 10, 2005
facet_when:
03 June 2002
facet_when:
26 Oct 2000
facet_when_year:
2002
facet_when_year:
2000
facet_when_year:
2004
facet_when_year:
2005
UID:
SPD-CHAND-photo/2005 /gctr_bin/gctr_bin_c omp.tif
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