Imágenes en rayos X del satélite XMM/Newton
David Barrado y Navascués
Espectaculares las imágenes y los espectros de la galería del satélite de la Agencia Espacial Europea XMM/Newton.
Estoy copiando datos que este observatorio tomó el mes pasado para uno de mis programas científicos. Hace varios días me comunicaron que ya estaban procesados y dispuestos para su análisis. Mientras transfiero los gigantescos ficheros y leo la información asociada, navego por la página de esta misión de la ESA. Y me cruzo con su impresionante galeria de imágenes, que incluye desde objetos dentro del Sistema Solar, regiones de formación estelar, restos de estrellas incluyendo supernovas y agujeros negros, hasta todo tipo de objetos extragalácticos. Todo un festín para los ojos, que de no ser por esta misión y la equivalente de la NASA, denominada Chandra, serían invisibles.
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XMM/Newton, galería de imágenes (ESA)
XMM/Newton, centro de operaciones científicas (ESA)
Chandra (NASA)
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