Hickson Galaxy Group (HCG16)
January 24, 2013
XMM brings to bear the largest X-ray telescopes in space, and this is shown here. These colliding galaxies are 170 million light years away, and are clearly visible to EPIC. In the background more than a hundred faint X-ray sources are seen, most of these are new detections by XMM.
ESA
Topics:
Space telescopes, Galaxy, Astronomy, Environment, X-ray, X-ray telescopes, XMMXCS 2215-1738, XMM-Newton, Space, Spiral galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope, Spacecraft
