Three colour XMM-Newton image of the NGC 253 disc and nuclear region
Date: 30 Jan 2001
Satellite: XMM-Newton
Depicts: NGC 253
Copyright: ESA
Emission detected in all three EPIC instruments (MOS1, MOS2 and PN) have been merged together. Red, green and blue show respectively (0.2-0.5) keV, (0.5-0.9) keV and (0.9-2.0) keV bands, while the hard (2-10) keV emission is shown superimposed as contours. Shown in detail to the lower left is a factor 2 zoom-in on the nuclear region. The ellipse indicates the optical extent of NGC 253. (Picture courtesy Wolfgang Pietsch).
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Last Update: 18 Mar 2008
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