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Composite image of Arp 25, also known as NGC 2276.

X-ray light from the Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in pink, overlayed on a visible light image from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Digitized Sky Survey.

The insert shows an radio light image of an ultra-luminous X-ray source in one of the galaxy's spiral arms.

Credit: NASA, STScI, CXC, SAO, NAF, DSS, EVN, VLBIM, Mezcua et al, A.Wolter et al
Source: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/ngc2276/

An X-ray and optical light view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2276. The galaxy has warped spiral arms that wrap clockwise around its bright yellow core. Toward the bottom left, one of its arms appears to be breaking away from the rest of the galaxy. Most of the galaxy is blue, but the left half of the galaxy is in shades of pink. An insert shows a radio view of on the of pink bright spots in the upper right part of the galaxy.

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Jan 10, 2025, 12:31 PM··Apr bot

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