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==Gallery== [[File:Chandra-spacecraft labeled-en.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Labeled diagram of CXO]] [[File:Animation of Chandra X-ray Observatory orbit.gif|thumb|center|300px|Animation of Chandra X-ray Observatory{{'s}} orbit around Earth from August 7, 1999<br>{{legend2|magenta|Chandra}}{{Β·}}{{legend2|RoyalBlue|[[Earth]]}}]] {{Clear}} <gallery> File:PIA21061-Pluto-DwarfPlanet-XRays-20160914.jpg|X-Rays of [[Pluto]] File:Jupiter X-ray Aurora Chandra.jpg|[[Jupiter]] in X-ray light File:Tycho xrayonly.jpg|[[Tycho Supernova]] remnant in X-ray light File:Sn2006gy CHANDRA x-ray.jpg|[[SN 2006gy]] (upper right) and parent galaxy [[NGC 1260]] File:CXO orbit 20140107.png|CXO orbit as of January 7, 2014 File:M31 Core in X-rays.jpg|M31 Core in X-ray light File:PSR B1509-58 full.jpg|[[PSR B1509-58]] β red, green and blue/max energy File:14-296-GalaxyClusters-PerseusVirgo-ChandraXRay-20141027.jpg|[[Turbulence]] may prevent [[galaxy cluster]]s from cooling. File:X-RayFlare-BlackHole-MilkyWay-20140105.jpg|Bright [[X-ray]] flare from [[Sagittarius A*]], [[supermassive black hole]] in the [[Milky Way]]<ref name="NASA-20150105" /> File:NASA-SNR0519690-ChandraXRayObservatory-20150122.jpg|SNR 0519β69.0 β remains of an exploding star in the [[Large Magellanic Cloud]] File:NASA-2015IYL-MultiPix-ChandraXRayObservatory-20150122.jpg|Images released to celebrate the [[International Year of Light|International Year of Light 2015]] File:Chandra X-ray View of Orion.jpg|[[Trapezium Cluster|Cluster]] of [[star formation|newly formed stars]] in [[Orion Nebula]] File:GKPersei-MiniSuperNova-20150316.jpg|[[GK Persei]]: Nova of 1901 File:15-137-CircinusX1-XRayLightRings-NeutronStar-Chandra-20150624.jpg|X-ray light rings from a [[neutron star]] in [[Circinus X-1]] File:Chandra image of Cygnus X-1.jpg|[[Cygnus X-1]], the first strong black hole discovered File:ESO-Chandra Deep Field-phot-02a-03-hires.jpg|Image of the [[Chandra Deep Field South]] estimated by [[Kimberly Arcand]] as showing 5000 black holes </gallery>
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