Arches
Cluster

NGC
6543

Cen A


CDFS


G292.0
+1.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



S t a r  C l u s t e r
: Arches Cluster


(X-ray: NASA/CXC/Northwestern/F.Zadeh et al.,
IR: NASA/HST/NICMOS, Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/C.Lang)

The Chandra observation of the Arches shows an envelope of 60 million degree gas around the star cluster. The X-ray data, shown as the diffuse blue emission in the inset box, overlays a Hubble Space Telescope infrared image of the same region, in which some of the individual stars in the cluster can be seen as point-like sources. Both the X-ray and infrared observations are shown in context of the spectacular filamentary structures that appear in radio wavelengths displayed in red. This compact cluster is composed of hot, massive stars that live short, furious lives lasting only a few million years. During this period, gas evaporates from these stars in the form of intense stellar winds. The envelope of hot gas observed by Chandra is thought to be due to collisions of the winds from numerous stars.
Arches Cluster Photo Album Page


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NGC
4631

Sag A*

Vela Pulsar

Venus

XTE
J1118
+480