The OMC2 Molecular Cloud seen in X-rays by XMM-Newton
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Credit: ESA/XMM-Newton, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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The image shows the molecular cloud OMC2 as seen in the X-ray by XMM-Newton in the 0.2 - 12 keV band. It is false coloured as follows: soft (200 - 1000 eV) photons are shown in red, medium (1000 - 2000 eV) in green and hard (2000 - 12000 eV) in blue. The variety of colours of the sources in this field shows that they emit X-rays of different energies. Data from four exposures were combined to produce the image, and a mask has been overlayed to show the boundaries of the combined imaging area.
Investigator(s): Fred Jansen, Yohko Tsuboi
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- Read the Journal article
- Detailed description of this image
- Query XSA archive for XMM-Newton data in the field of OMC2
- Astronomical database entries for OMC2;
- Query SIMBAD for more OMC2 data
- For unfamiliar terms, visit the XMM-Newton Astronomical Glossary
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