X-ray Contours of NGC 4945 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

X-ray Contours of NGC 4945

Caption

This image shows spiral galaxy NGC 4945 in X-rays. The contours represent the iron K-alpha line observed by the XMM-Newton's EPIC instrument. Brighter colors indicate greater concentrations of X-rays.

Credit

Weaver et al. 2024, ESA/XMM-Newton

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