Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

X-Ray Saturn

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for March 12, 2004 is “X-Ray Saturn,” an image. It is credited to Credit: J.Ness ( Univ.Hamburg ), et al. , CXC , NASA. The original explanation runs about 154 words.

X-Ray Saturn
Credit: J.Ness ( Univ.Hamburg ), et al. , CXC , NASA Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“Above, the ringed planet Saturn shines in x-rays . Otherwise beyond the range of human vision, the eerie x-ray view was created by overlaying a computer generated outline of the gas giant’s disk and ring system on a false-color picture of smoothed, reconstructed x-ray data from the orbiting Chandra Observatory.”

— APOD editors, March 12, 2004

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
March 12, 2004
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: J.Ness ( Univ.Hamburg ), et al. , CXC , NASA
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 154 words

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Saturn

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