Alien Planet And Star Cluster #3 is a photograph by Detlev Van Ravenswaay which was uploaded on August 2nd, 2016.
Alien Planet And Star Cluster #3
Alien planet and star cluster. Composite image combining a computer illustration of a view across the rocky surface of an asteroid towards a gas... more
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Alien Planet And Star Cluster #3
Artist
Detlev Van Ravenswaay
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Photograph
Description
Alien planet and star cluster. Composite image combining a computer illustration of a view across the rocky surface of an asteroid towards a gas giant planet (centre-left), with a space observatory image showing X-ray emission from young solar-type stars in the background. These stars lie within the Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The X-rays of these young stars trace how active their magnetic fields are, which provides a clue to their rotation rate and the motion of gas in their interiors. Imaged with X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (purple), visible data from the Hubble Space Telescope (red, green, and blue), and infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red).
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August 2nd, 2016
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