X-ray structures in the radiogalaxy M 87
Minimum credit line: Image courtesy of E. Belsole, CEA Saclay, France and ESA. (for details, see Conditions of Use).
Credit: ESA/XMM-Newton, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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Map of the radiolobes of M87 at 90 cm, kindly provided by F. Owen, with superimposed contours of MOS1 energy map.
Investigator(s): Belsole, E.; Sauvageot, J. L.; B�hringer, H. et al.
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| Instrument | EPIC MOS | ||
| Observing Mode | Full Frame | ||
| Filter | Thin | ||
| Date of Observation | 2000-06-19 | ||
| Image size | 26.00 x 26.00 arcmin | ||
| Detailed Caption | The contours are at [1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1011] mean energy level and the image has been smoothed with a Gaussian of sigma = 40 arcseconds. Except for the region in the E-arm described as the eastern "ear" where there is good coincidence between X-ray contours and Owen's map, the overlay clearly shows that the ionisation structure of the X-ray arms (as traced by the mean energy map) does not exactly lie on the radio lobes. The low-temperature region of the X-ray arms is better correlated with the maximum brightness gradient of the lobes than with their maximum brightness. | ||
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