Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132 (IMAGE)

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Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132

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This is elliptical galaxy NGC 1132, as seen by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory; the blue/purple in the image is the X-ray glow from hot, diffuse gas that is not forming into stars.

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NASA, ESA, M. West (ESO, Chile), and CXC/Penn State University/G. Garmire, et al.

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