File:Cygnus A composite.jpg

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Cygnus A: overlay of X-ray (blue) with optical (yellow) and radio (red) data in same field of view (2.5 arcmin)

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English: X-ray, Optical & Radio Images of Cygnus A: This galaxy, at a distance of some 700 million light years, contains a giant bubble filled with hot, X-ray emitting gas detected by Chandra (blue). Radio data from the NSF's Very Large Array (red) reveal "hot spots" about 300,000 light years out from the center of the galaxy where powerful jets emanating from the galaxy's supermassive black hole end. Visible light data (yellow) from both Hubble and the DSS complete this view.
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Source http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/iyl/iyl_cyga.jpg
Author X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/NRAO/AUI/VLA
Other versions http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/iyl/more.html

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