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Edited Chandra Space Telescope image the Chandra website said looks sort of like a Christmas wreath. Personally, I can't see it, but it is a very nice image nonetheless.

Original caption: Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200 000 light-years from Earth, lies the young star cluster NGC 602, which is featured in this new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. This image includes data from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) and MIRI (Mid-InfraRed Instrument). The local environment of this cluster is a close analogue of what existed in the early Universe, with very low abundances of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium. The existence of dark clouds of dense dust and the fact that the cluster is rich in ionised gas also suggest the presence of ongoing star formation processes. This cluster provides a valuable opportunity to examine star formation scenarios under dramatically different conditions from those in the solar neighbourhood. [Image description: A star cluster is shown inside a large nebula of many-coloured gas and dust. The material forms dark ridges and peaks of gas and dust surrounding the cluster, lit on the inner side, while layers of diffuse, translucent clouds blanket over them. Around and within the gas, a huge number of distant galaxies can be seen, some quite large, as well as a few stars nearer to us which are very large and bright.]

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the Christmas Tree Cluster.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the center of the Milky Way Galaxy seen in X-rays and other frequencies. Released as part of Chandra's 25th anniversary as well as in an effort to keep the telescope funded.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the center of the Milky Way Galaxy seen in X-rays and other frequencies. Released as part of Chandra's 25th anniversary as well as in an effort to keep the telescope funded.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope (X-Rays), Hubble Space Telescope (visible), and XMM-Newton spin data of the quasar RX J1131-1231. The image of the quasar has been split into three images by gravitational lensing.

Original caption: Multiple images of a distant quasar known as RX J1131-1231 are visible in this combined view from Chandra (pink) and Hubble (red, green, and blue). The Chandra data, along with data from ESA's XMM-Newton, were used to directly measure the spin of the supermassive black hole powering this quasar. Black holes are defined by just two simple characteristics: mass and spin. At a distance of 6 billion light years, this is the most distant black hole where such a measurement has been made, allowing for an important advance in understanding how black holes grow over time.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope (X-Rays), Hubble Space Telescope (visible), and XMM-Newton spin data of the quasar RX J1131-1231. The image of the quasar has been split into three images by gravitational lensing. Color/processing variant. It appears that the green filter was used for most of the image not the quasar.

Original caption: Multiple images of a distant quasar known as RX J1131-1231 are visible in this combined view from Chandra (pink) and Hubble (red, green, and blue). The Chandra data, along with data from ESA's XMM-Newton, were used to directly measure the spin of the supermassive black hole powering this quasar. Black holes are defined by just two simple characteristics: mass and spin. At a distance of 6 billion light years, this is the most distant black hole where such a measurement has been made, allowing for an important advance in understanding how black holes grow over time.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the star cluster Westerlund 1. Chandra sees in X-Rays, which are processed into colors humans can see so the colors here are just visualizations of energy levels, not actual colors you can perceive.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the star cluster Westerlund 1. Chandra sees in X-Rays, which are processed into colors humans can see so the colors here are just visualizations of energy levels, not actual colors you can perceive.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the star cluster Westerlund 1. Chandra sees in X-Rays, which are processed into colors humans can see so the colors here are just visualizations of energy levels, not actual colors you can perceive.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the star cluster Westerlund 1. Chandra sees in X-Rays, which are processed into colors humans can see so the colors here are just visualizations of energy levels, not actual colors you can perceive.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the star cluster Westerlund 1. Chandra sees in X-Rays, which are processed into colors humans can see so the colors here are just visualizations of energy levels, not actual colors you can perceive.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the star cluster Westerlund 1. Optical version.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the star cluster Westerlund 1. Optical version.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the star cluster Westerlund 1. Chandra sees in X-Rays, which are processed into colors humans can see so the colors here are just visualizations of energy levels, not actual colors you can perceive.

Chandra Space Telescope time-lapse video (made in the x-ray band) of the expansion of the Cassiopeia A supernova.

Chandra Space Telescope time-lapse video (made in the x-ray band) of the center of the Crab Nebula.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the nebula NGC 2264, which resembles, sort of, a Christmas Tree, (and known as the Christmas Tree Cluster) especially when using the proper palette.

Image processing all done by the Chandra Team.

Image source: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/ngc2264/

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of the nebula NGC 2264, which resembles, sort of, a Christmas Tree, (and known as the Christmas Tree Cluster) especially when using the proper palette.

Animated version with blinking "lights" for the holiday season.

Image processing all done by the Chandra Team.

Image source: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/ngc2264/

Edited Chandra Space Telescope (with Webb Space Telescope data) of the Tarantula Nebula (in the Large Magellanic Cloud) seen in X-rays and some near infrared light.

Edited Chandra Space Telescope image of Tycho's Supernova (now a supernova remnant) in X-rays. Color/processing variant.