Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
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Stephan's Quintet
Optical image of Stephan's Quintet, a compact group of spiral galaxies, overlayed with X-ray contours (ROSAT HRI). The contours show that only a part of the discovered X-ray emission stems from the diffuse hot intergalactic medium. Essential contributions come from the individual members of the group and from a region between the galaxies, from which also radio emission is observed. This structure presumably is caused by the interactions and collisions of the galaxies, respectively.
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ROSAT (Röntgensatellit) 1997
Images from the X-ray sky with the ROSAT telescope · All rights reserved:
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