NGC 1132: An elliptical galaxy at a distance of about 300 million light years.
Caption: This image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 and its surrounding region combines data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue/purple in the image is the X-ray glow from hot, diffuse gas detected by Chandra. Hubble's data reveal a giant foreground elliptical galaxy, plus numerous dwarf galaxies in its neighborhood, and many much more distant galaxies in the background.
Scale: Image is 3.26 arcmin across.
Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS Image
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