Imagine the Universe!
visible image of Abell 1060 (http://www.astr.ua.edu/white/mug/cluster/clusternotes.html) x-ray image of Abell 1060

These images of the galaxy cluster Abell 1060 in the optical (left) and X-ray (right) show the galaxies and the hot X-ray emitting gas. Data such as these are used to compare with models of cluster evolution.

Imagine the Universe is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Nicholas White (Director), within the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The Imagine Team
Project Leader: Dr. Jim Lochner
All material on this site has been created and updated between 1997-2004.

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