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More Images of 1E 0657-56
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Optical Image of 1E 0657-56
This optical image of the merging galaxy cluster was obtained with the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope.
(Credit: ESO/NTT/E. Falco & M. Ramella)

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Optical Image with X-ray Contours
This image shows contours of the Chandra X-ray data overlaid on a greyscale optical image.
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/SAO/M. Markevitch et al., Optical: ESO/NTT/E. Falco & M. Ramella)

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Chandra X-ray Image with Scale Bar
Scale bar = 2 arcmin
Credit: NASA/SAO/CXC/M.Markevitch et al.


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