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X-Ray Astronomy - ROSAT Calendar 1994
Deutsche Version MPE HEG X-Ray Astronomy Wave ROSAT Gallery ROSAT Calendar Images 1994
Three-Color Image of the Soft Diffue X-Ray Background
Three-color image of the soft diffue X-ray background from the ROSAT sky survey. The projection is in galactic coordinates with the galactic centre in the middle. The extended emission at high galactic latitudes in the 1/4 keV band (red) stems from the local hot bubble, an about 100,000 year old supernova remnant in the solar neighbourhood, but also from the galactic halo. At higher energies (3/4 keV: yellow - 1.5 keV: blue) the emission stems predominantly from more distant galactic supernova remnants and star winds. the small bright regions (white) are either compact supernova remnants or clusters of galaxies.
ROSAT (Röntgensatellit) 1994
Images from the X-ray sky with the ROSAT telescope · All rights reserved:
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The X-ray images are produced by the SASS/EXSAS software MPE, ESO-MIDAS.
The ROSAT project is managed by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany on behalf of the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (BMBF).
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