The Massive Perseus Cluster
This image is Chandra’s latest view of the Perseus Cluster, where red, green,
and blue show low, medium, and high-energy X-rays respectively. It combines data
equivalent to more than 17 days worth of observing time taken over a decade with
Chandra. The Perseus Cluster is one of the most massive objects in the Universe,
and contains thousands of galaxies immersed in an enormous cloud of superheated
gas. In Chandra’s X-ray image, enormous bright loops, ripples, and jet-like
streaks throughout the cluster can be seen. The dark blue filaments in the
center are likely due to a galaxy that has been torn apart and is falling into
NGC 1275 (a.k.a. Perseus A), the giant galaxy that lies at the center of the
cluster. A different view of Perseus combines data from Chandra in the inner
regions of the cluster and XMM data in the outer regions.
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/E.Bulbul, et al.
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