Chandra X-ray Observatory images of Messier objects

The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), formerly known as Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is the third in a NASA series of four large orbiting observatories. While Chandra is observing in the X-ray part of the electromagnetic spectrum, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was observing in the Gamma ray light, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in visible light, and the newest, the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) in the infrared light.

The following images were obtained by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory satellite. For more CXO images, see Nasa's Chandra site or Harvard University's Chandra homepage.

M1: M1 X-ray image [caption] Multispectral image of M1 (X-ray: Chandra, optical: Hubble, IR: Spitzer] [caption]
M17: X-ray Champagne Flow" Uncorked in Horseshoe Nebula.
M30: M30 X-ray images (X-ray Binaries)
M31: M31 center X-ray images
M42: M42 and M42 cluster X-ray images; Movie of M42 cluster
M51:
M62: M62 X-ray images (X-ray Binaries)
M77: M77's Seyfert AGN in C-rays
M82: M82 X-ray image, colorized image (for X-ray energy) [caption]
M83: M83 X-ray image (CXO ACIS), X-ray sources on VLT pic, inner region (CXO ACIS) [caption]
M86: Losing gas to the Virgo Cluster. M86 in X-ray (CXO ACIS), visible (Palomar/DSS), and X-ray/Visible Overlay [caption]
M87: M87 jet in X-rays
M101:

Technical information on the Chandra spacecraft:

Chandra/AXAF fact sheet (NASA/MSFC)
STS-93 Space Shuttle Columbia mission (who launched Chandra)

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Last Modification: October 26, 2006