Name | 020609 |
Title | X-RAY STUDY OF THE SPIRAL-DOMINANT COMPACT GALAXY GROUP HCG 57 |
URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0206090101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-f3zplfa |
Author | Dr YASUSHI FUKAZAWA |
Description | It has been revealed that groups of galaxies contain a large amount of hot gas as well as galaxy clusters. Therefore, observations of X-ray emission from groups of galaxies allow us to estimate mass distribution and elemental abundances. However, only elliptical-dominant groups have been investigated until now, due to X-ray faintness of spiral-dominant ones. Here we propose to observe a spiral-dominant group of galaxies HCG 57 in order to investigate differences of temperature, metal, mass, and entropy between spiral-dominant and elliptical-dominant. |
Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2004-12-21T19:35:39Z/2005-05-20T18:34:45Z |
Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earth's atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
Date Published | 2006-07-05T00:00:00Z |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr YASUSHI FUKAZAWA, 2006, 020609, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-f3zplfa |