X-Rays from the Perseus Cluster Core

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GDol
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X-Rays from the Perseus Cluster Core

Post by GDol » Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:32 am

Please help me. Is the distance quoted from side to side of the given frame, or is it some other parameter?

l3p3r
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Post by l3p3r » Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:17 am

This deep Chandra Observatory x-ray image spans about 300,000 light-years across the galaxy cluster core.
I read this as the distance shown between the two sides of the image.

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Post by harry » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:53 am

The core is nly 300,000 light years

Can some one tell me what is the overall distance across.

Must be several million light years.

Have a look at this
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/p ... tions.html
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