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2007 Chandra Images

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17 Dec 07/3C321Black Hole Fires at Neighboring Galaxy
10 Dec 07/Whirlpool Galaxy
(M51)
A spiral galaxy 31 million light years from Earth.
28 Nov 07/RX J0822-4300 in Puppis AA neutron star created when a massive star exploded about 3,700 years ago.
15 Nov 07/NGC 281NGC 281 is a bustling hub of star formation about 10,000 light years away.
25 Oct 07/GOODS Chandra Deep Field-SouthA compilation of long observations on the same patch of sky.
23 Oct 07/G292.0+1.8A young supernova remnant 20,000 light years from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus.
17 Oct 07/M33 X-7A binary system in the galaxy M33 where a large companion star is in orbit around a black hole.
03 Oct 07/Orion NebulaA rich cluster of young stars about 1,500 light years from Earth.
27 Sep 07/NGC 5315A planetary nebula about 7,000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Circinus.
20 Sep 07/Abell 3627A giant cluster of galaxies about 220 million light years from Earth with galaxy ESO 137-001 plunging into it.
13 Sep 07/Coronet ClusterA region of star formation about 420 light years from Earth.
30 Aug 07/LHa115-N19200,000 light years away, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors.
16 Aug 07/Abell 520A system where at least two massive galaxy clusters have collided.
08 Aug 07/G347.3-0.5Two supernova remnants for which their stellar explosions may have been witnessed by ancient astronomers.
08 Aug 07/RCW 86Two supernova remnants for which their stellar explosions may have been witnessed by ancient astronomers.
06 Aug 07/CL0958+4702A four-way collision of galaxies about 5 billion light years away.
24 Jul 07/CL 0542-4100Two clusters of galaxies about 5.7 billion light years from Earth.
24 Jul 07/CL 0848.6+4453Two clusters of galaxies about 5.7 billion light years from Earth.
10 Jul 07/RCW 103A new X-ray image shows the aftermath of a cosmic explosion which occurred about 10,000 light years from Earth.
27 Jun 07/Circinus X-1A system where a neutron star is in orbit with a star several times the mass of the Sun.
20 Jun 07/Eta CarinaeA star between 100 and 150 more massive than the Sun, about 7,500 light years from Earth.
13 Jun 07/N132DA supernova located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light years from Earth.
30 May 07/3C438Evidence for an awesome upheaval in a massive galaxy cluster was discovered in a Chandra image.
22 May 07/Andromeda GalaxyAlso known as M31 and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
07 May 07/SN 2006gyA supernova in the galaxy NGC 1260, about 238 million light years away.
30 Apr 07/Sombrero GalaxySombrero (M104) is one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo cluster, about 28 million light years from Earth.
12 Apr 07/NGC 1365Observations of the galaxy NGC 1365 have captured an eclipse of the supermassive black hole at its center.
10 Apr 07/NGC 4258A spiral galaxy about 25 million light years from Earth, also known as M106.
04 Apr 07/SN 2006jcIn a galaxy far, far away, a massive star suffered a nasty double whammy.
29 Mar 07/3C442AAstronomers think that there are enormous black holes at the centers of most, if not all, galaxies.
12 Mar 07/Bootes FieldThis panorama is the largest contiguous field ever obtained by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
01 Mar 07/JupiterChandra observations of the powerful X-ray auroras near the poles of Jupiter.
22 Feb 07/Supernova 1987AFebruary 24, 2007 marks the 20th anniversary of the first observation of Supernova 1987A.
15 Feb 07/The Eagle Nebula (M16)A new look at the famous
30 Jan 07/G11.2-0.3The remains of a massive star that exploded.
10 Jan 07/Light Echo at Galactic CenterX-rays bounced off gas clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
09 Jan 07/Kepler's Supernova RemnantA supernova remnant believed to be created when a star exploded over 400 years ago.
04 Jan 07/DEM L238 and DEM L249DEM L238 and DEM L249 are two supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
03 Jan 07/NGC 4472Astronomers have found a black hole where few thought they could ever exist, inside a globular star cluster.


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