X-ray image of the central region of the galaxy NGC 4151
X-ray image of the central region of the galaxy NGC 4151 obtained with the satellite Chandra. This image shows that the X-ray emission from a massive cloud of nuclear gas that is heated by the central black hole is extended in approximately the same direction as the m id-infrared emission detected by OSCIR.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | geminiann03010b |
Type: | Simulation |
Release date: | May 12, 2003, 5 a.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann03010 |
Size: | 326 x 555 px |