ABC Wednesday offers X for the prompt.
Spectacular photos of the cosmos come from the Chandra X-ray Telescope which completes its unusual elliptical orbit in sixty-four hours and eighteen minutes.
The above photo accompanies the June 26, 2009 press release and shows rays of the Milky Way that have accelerated in the remnants of exploded stars.
X-ray telescopes differ greatly from optical telescopes. High-energy, X-ray photons penetrate into a mirror in much the same way that bullets slam into a wall or ricochet when they hit at a grazing angle. The Chandra telescope system consists of four pairs of mirrors and their support structure.
Photo Credit: Optical: ESO/E. Helder; X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Utrecht/J.Vink et al
Follow the link to see more about this fascinating telescope and to view other incredible photos of our outer world.
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23 comments:
A beautiful and fascinating photo, and what a great choice for X - thank you for the link....
that is a very interesting picture!
you write very well.
oooo! Aaaah!
What a beautiful shot! Thanks for tracking it down and sharing with us.
Beautiful starry photo. I enjoyed learning about the X-ray telescope!
eXtremely impressive! ThX for stopping by with your comments. :D
Very interesting and thanks for the information. I had never heard of a Chandra xray telescope.
I never tire of pictures like this one; thanks.
These images from deep space tell me there's an artist out there.
that was such interesting information. thank you!
An X with a difference! I enjoy these kind of astronomical reading. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one.
PS Thank you for the comment!
Well, that's an interesting post! I didn't know anything about this telescope. Thanks for this post.
Even the beams are crisscrossing for you. Fascinating information.
I'm ooohing and ahhhing too!
EXcellent choice ! Amazing picture !
Very interesting photo and info included about the telescope.
A beautiful photo and very informative post. I'm also enjoying catching up with reading some of your poetry.
Once again you amaze me!
Nice choice for x.
I did not know about the x-ray telescope. I am enjoying ABC Wednesday so very much. My note pad is almost full from today's adventure!
Happy July!
Sherry
An interesting X post; I did not know about X-ray telescopes.
Fantastic. Out of this world post. Very interesting too.
Here we are floating in the middle of the milky way - images of the space around are always amazing. Interesting X about the telescope.
That's a unique X, for sure! And it produces some wonderful photos, by the look of it!
Thanks for sharing for an interesting post of "X". I was always fascinated with the amazing space photographs.
I have always been fascinated by telescopes! Great idea for X this week : )
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