13 photos

• Sort by: number of views (most to least) number of views (least to most) number of comments (most to least) number of comments (least to most) number of favorites (most to least) number of favorites (least to most) date uploaded (newest first) date uploaded (oldest first) random

• Hot Gas in Galactic Center: Chandra Turns Up the Heat in the Milky Way Center (A 130 light year region of the center of the Milky Way: Located about 26,000 light years from Earth, the region contains a supermassive black hole, hot gas, and thousands of X-

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 1 comment
  • 45 favorites
  • 59,289 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:08
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, hotgasingalacticcenter, chandra, stars, red, blue, xray, nasa, milkyway, astronomy, galaxy, space, solarsystem, star, universe, supernova, color, colorful, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• NASA X-ray Telescopes Find Black Hole May Be a Neutrino Factory

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 1 comment
  • 33 favorites
  • 58,610 views
  • Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
  • Tags: sagittariusa, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, supermassiveblackhole, blackhole, milkyway, xray, astronomy
  • Visibility: public
• NASA's Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center Region - The core of the Milky Way at a distance of some 26,000 light years from Earth.

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 8 comments
  • 137 favorites
  • 47,167 views
  • Date taken: 2010-07-30 13:00:28
  • Date uploaded: 2010-08-02
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, milkyway, galaxy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• G292.0+1.8: Stellar Forensics with Striking Image from Chandra

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 9 comments
  • 69 favorites
  • 42,518 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:30:06
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, g292018, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, milkyway, chandra, destruction, stars, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• X-ray Mosaic of Galactic Center: Chandra Takes In the Bright Lights, Big City of the Milky Way

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 6 comments
  • 35 favorites
  • 40,927 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:30:24
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, galacticcenter, mosaic, milkyway, blackhole, chandratelescope, galaxy, galaxie, astronomie, espace, space, univers, universe, astronomy, chandra, stars, centralmilkyway, outerspace, lights, border, frame, gaa, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• A supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy about 160,000 light years from Earth.

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 9 comments
  • 68 favorites
  • 35,772 views
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-17
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, largemagellaniccloud, milkyway, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, deml71, whitedwarf, teardrop, chandra, astrophysics, supernova, astrophotography, falsecolor, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• Arches, Quintuplet, and GC Star Clusters: Rough and Crowded Neighborhood at Galactic Center

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 5 comments
  • 48 favorites
  • 33,381 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:30:18
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, arches, quintuplet, gcstarclusters, milkyway, chandratelescope, chandra, astrophotography, falsecolor, globularclusters, stars, clusters, space, photo, color, telescope, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• A Black Hole in Medusa's Hair: A galaxy lies about 110 million light years away.

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 8 comments
  • 32 favorites
  • 33,270 views
  • Date taken: 2009-05-26 15:38:21
  • Date uploaded: 2009-06-01
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc4194, galaxy, hubble, chandra, astronomy, 2009, milkyway, stars, blackhole, space, blue, red, black, reddwarf, solarsystem, outerspace, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• An active star-forming region 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado.

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 1 comment
  • 8 favorites
  • 29,743 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:27:36
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, thetarantulanebula30doradus, largemagellaniccloud, milkyway, dorado, starformingregion, galaxycluster, chandra, nebula, sky, lmc, star, purple, orange, gasclouds, starformations, blue, red, space, black, outerspace, galaxy, documenting, yellow, colorful, abstract, stars, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• E0102-72.3: Supernova Portrait Gallery

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 5 comments
  • 18 favorites
  • 29,263 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:37
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, e0102723, e010272, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, smallmagellaniccloud, milkyway, tucana, chandra, bluecircle, cloud, supernova, magellanic, solar, stars, naturalwonder, space, halo, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• B1509-58: Chandra Examines A Quadrillion-volt Pulsar (A neutron star located about 19,000 light years away in the constellation Circinus.)

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 1 comment
  • 7 favorites
  • 23,974 views
  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:32:56
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, b150958, chandratelescope, neutronstar, circinus, pulsar, chandra, outerspace, milkyway, space, vibrantcolors, nova, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• DEM L316: Supernova Remnants Deconstructed (Two supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.)

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 1 comment
  • 7 favorites
  • 21,944 views
  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:07
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, deml316, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, largemagellaniccloud, milkyway, chandra, colorphotograph, colorful, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public
• 47 Tucanae: A globular cluster located about 15,000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Tucana.

  • Uploaded by: Smithsonian Institution
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 0 comments
  • 11 favorites
  • 18,222 views
  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:32:45
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, 47tucanae, galaxycluster, chandratelescope, binarysystems, pulsar, milkyway, chandra, badosa:obra=n276, millisecondpulsars, chandraimage, 47tucanaeglobularcluster, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
  • Visibility: public