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Abell 3627 (ESO 137-001) X-ray RGB composit, sky-watcher (johny)

Abell 3627 (ESO 137-001) X-ray RGB composit

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Description

ESO 137-001 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the cluster known as Abell 3627 (Norma Cluster). As the galaxy moves to the center of the cluster, it is stripped by hot gas thus creating a 260,000 light-year long tail. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Credit:

X-ray: NASA/CXC/UAH/M.Sun et al

Optical: NASA, ESA, & the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Hubble Optical - WFC3/UVIS F275W U (Blue)

Hubble Optical - ACS/WFC F475W G (Green)

Hubble Optical - ACS/WFC F814W I (Red)

Chandra X-ray

Observation Date 6/14/2004

Observation Time 4 hours.

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As a pastime for the bad weather period I have downloaded and processed some fits. (http://chandra.harvard.edu/)

I mixed the X-ray image to the Blue channel

Original : Only RGB (no tail)

Final : RGB + X-ray

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Abell 3627 (ESO 137-001) X-ray RGB composit, sky-watcher (johny)