X-Ray Image of Hot Gas in Perseus Galaxy Cluster (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

X-Ray Image of Hot Gas in Perseus Galaxy Cluster

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This X-ray image of the hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster was made from 16 days of Chandra observations. Researchers then filtered the data in a way that brightened the contrast of edges in order to make subtle details more obvious. An oval highlights the location of an enormous wave found to be rolling through the gas.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Stephen Walker et al.

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