M101 composite image: Chandra data (blue component)
The blue colour shows Chandra's view in X-ray light. Sources of X-rays include million-degree gas, exploded stars, and material colliding around black holes.
Credit:
NASA, CXC, and K. Kuntz (JHU)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0907e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 February 2009, 15:00 |
| Size: | 1800 x 1800 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 101, NGC 4547, The Pinwheel Galaxy |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 22 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| X-ray | 0.8275 nm | Chandra ACIS |
