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Composite image of Arp 16, also known as M66.

Includes X-ray data from Chandra (blue), infrared from Spitzer (red), and visible light from Hubble and the Very Large Telescope (yellow). The inset shows a bright central X-ray source, likely material falling onto a supermassive black hole.

Credit: NASA, STScI, JPL-Caltech, ESO, WFI, CXC, Ohio State Univ., C.Grier et al
Source: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc3627/

A face-on barred spiral galaxy anchored by its central region. It has a bright white circular area surrounded by a lighter pinkish diagonal bar structure made of a haze of stars, which forms an angled oval toward the top. Two distinct spiral arms made of stars, gas, and reddish brown filamentary dust lanes start at the center and extend outward, rotating clockwise. The outer spiral arms are made of many yellow clusters of stars. The background of space beyond the galaxy appears black. There are some large blue and red points of light surrounding the galaxy. A white box outlines the center part of the galaxy. An insert shows the X-ray only light from the area covered by the box. In the insert are blue points of light and a blue haze on a black background. The blue haze roughly corresponds to the location of the galaxy’s bar in images taken at other wavelengths. A series of bright blue points are at the center of the hazy structure.

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Feb 13, 2025, 12:32 PM··Apr bot

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