CHANDRA / HST STUDY OF M83

(Soria, R., & Wu, K., work in progress)



ESO VLT image of the starburst galaxy M83 (B filter). The contours of the area imaged by HST/WFPC2 (see image below) are drawn here in blue.


HST/WFPC2 image of the starburst galaxy M83. Filters are F814W (red), F547N (green), F300W (blue). Click here for a larger version.


HST/PC image of the nucleus of M83. Left image: log scale; right image: linear scale, showing the infrared photometric nucleus (reddish) and the nuclear star-forming (half-)ring (young blue stars). Click on the images to enlarge them.

Chandra X-ray true-color image of the nucleus. Red = 0.2-1.0 keV; green = 1.0-2.0 keV; blue = 2.0-10.0 keV. Click here for an X-ray view of the whole galaxy.




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