Adaptively Smoothed Chandra Image
This Chandra X-ray image, which represents X-rays within the range of 0.5 to 7 keV, of the Centaurus cluster has been adaptively smoothed.
(Credit: NASA/IoA/J.Sanders & A.Fabian)

'Raw' X-ray Image of Centaurus Cluster
This is the representation of the Chandra data of the Centaurus cluster without additional adaptive smoothing.
(Credit: NASA/IoA/J.Sanders & A.Fabian)

3 Color Unsmoothed X-ray Image of Centaurus Cluster
In this Chandra image of the Centaurus cluster, which has not been adaptively smoothed, X-rays in the range of 0.5 to 1 keV are red, 1 to 2 keV are green, and those between 2 and 7 keV are blue.
(Credit: NASA/IoA/J.Sanders & A.Fabian)

Chandra X-ray Image with Scale Bar
Scale bar = 45 arcsec
Credit: NASA/IoA/J.Sanders & A.Fabian