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More Images of 47 Tucanae
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Chandra Pull-Out Of
Ground-Based Image
This composite image shows the scale of the Chandra
image of 47 Tucanae in comparison to ground-based,
optical observations.
(Credit: Optical: ESO/Danish
1.54-m/W. Keel et al., X-ray: NASA/CfA/J. Grindlay et
al.)
Scale: Optical: Image is 6.6
x 8 arcmin.
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HST Image of 47 Tucanae
This picture, taken with the Hubble Space
Telescope’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2,
depicts the stars’ natural colors in 47 Tucanae.
For example, the red stars denote bright red giants at
the end of their lives, while the common yellow stars
are similar to our middle-aged Sun. The Chandra image
falls in a region seen in the upper-left corner of this
HST image.
(Credit: NASA/STScI/R.Gilliland
et al.)
Scale: Image is 2 x 2.7
arcmin.
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Chandra Full-Field Image
This image shows the entire field-of-view for the
Chandra observations of 47 Tucanae. There are over 100
X-ray sources in this field, over ten times the amount
detected by previous X-ray satellites.
(Credit: NASA/CfA/J.Grindlay et
al.)
Scale: Image is 2 arcmin per
side.
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Chandra Zoom
This image focuses on the central region of the
full-field Chandra image and displays the incredible
density of X-ray emitting sources in a very small
region.
(Credit: NASA/CfA/J.Grindlay et
al. )
Scale: Image is 0.6 arcmin
per side.
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47 Tuc Composite with Chandra and
Hubble Data
This composite image shows the Chandra X-ray image of
47 Tucanae in relation to the Hubble view of the
globular cluster's core.
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/CfA/J.
Grindlay et al., Optical: NASA/STScI/R. Gilliland et
al.)
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Chandra X-ray Image with Scale
Bar
Scale bar = 20 arcsec
(Credit: NASA/CfA/J.Grindlay et
al.)
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