NASA Unveils 4 Patriotic Space Images for U.S. 250th Birthday
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Updated · Livescience.com · Jul 5
NASA Unveils 4 Patriotic Space Images for U.S. 250th Birthday
3 articles · Updated · Livescience.com · Jul 5
Summary
June 30’s release pairs Chandra X-ray data with Hubble, James Webb and ground-based observations to show four deep-space objects in red, white and blue for the U.S. semiquincentennial.
The set spans objects from 11,000 light-years to 19 million light-years away, including Cassiopeia A, where Chandra traces the blast wave and heavy elements from a star that exploded about 340 years ago.
NASA also highlighted NGC 3603, a star-forming nebula, and NGC 4736, a spiral galaxy with a starburst ring, using multiwavelength imagery to emphasize young stars, dust and gas.
A fourth image shows galaxy cluster ZwCl 0024+1652, where Chandra maps superheated gas and Hubble data has helped infer dark matter; NASA also released new sonifications for three of the targets.