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More Images of Pictor A


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Pictor A
Jpeg, Tiff, PS
X-ray, Radio Composite
Wide field X-ray image (gray scale) of Pictor A with radio contours overlaid.

(Credit:X-ray: NASA/UMD/A.Wilson et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF)


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Pictor A
Jpeg, Tiff, PS
Chandra X-ray Image with Scale Bar
Scale bar = 1 arcmin

(Credit:X-ray: NASA/UMD/A.Wilson et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF)


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