Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Deutsche Version MPE HEG X-Ray Astronomy Wave ROSAT Gallery ROSAT Calendar Images 1995
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4258
The ROSAT observation of the spiral galaxy NGC 4258, which exhibits "anomalous arms" and a Seyfert nucleus. In the upper left part of the figure the X-ray emission (contour lines) is superposed on a deep optical image. In the upper right part of the figure contour lines of the radio emission, which trace the anomalous arms, are superposed on a map of the hard X-ray emission. The lower parts of the figure show superpositions of the optical emission from the central region of the galaxy with the soft (left) and the hard (right) X-ray emission.
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ROSAT (Röntgensatellit) 1995
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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