NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with a National Unveiling of Spectacular Images

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The blue color shows Chandra's view in X-ray light. Sources of X-rays include million-degree gas, exploded stars, and material colliding around black holes.

Object Names: M101, NGC 4547, The Pinwheel Galaxy

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, CXC, and K. Kuntz (JHU)

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Montage Image: NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy Image Type: Astronomical/Annotated PRC2009-07a

Spitzer-Hubble-Chandra Composite of M101 Image Type: Astronomical

M101 Composite Image: Spitzer Data (Red Component) Image Type: Astronomical

M101 Composite Image: Hubble Data (Green Component) Image Type: Astronomical

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