XMM-Newton Image Gallery

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Using the XMM-Newton Gallery

The XMM-Newton Image Gallery is a collection of astronomical images and spectra taken with the XMM-Newton X-ray and optical instruments along with other XMM-Newton related images.

• Simply browse our collection of images below
• Search the gallery for a particular image
• Submit your own images
• If you feel your results would be of interest as an ESA Press Release please contact the Project Scientist via the XMM-Newton Helpdesk.
• Access our Glossary of Astronomical terms

Additional images and videos related to XMM-Newton are also available from the ESA Science & Technology, Images and Videos Archive and the ESA Multimedia Gallery.

The XMM-Newton Gallery in Google Earth

The XMM-Newton Gallery can also be displayed in the latest version of Google Earth.
You will have to download the KML file xmm_gallery.kmz.
Switch to Sky in Google Earth and enjoy the XMM-Newton Gallery on the sky.

The "images" Script

A script calling tasks from the Science Analysis System(SAS) to help in producing attractive multi-energy band images using and merging data from the three EPIC cameras is available here.

General Conditions of Use

The images in this gallery are available for personal use only.
If you wish to use these images for other any purpose, please read our Conditions of Use.

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Latest Images

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Solar Systems (13) Planets (8) Comets (5)	more >
Stars (50) Star Forming Regions (16) Normal Stars (10) Nebulae (8) Stellar Clusters (16)	more >
Endpoints of Stellar Evolution (67) Supernovae (7) Supernova Remnants (35) White Dwarfs & Novae (6) Neutron Stars & Pulsars (11) Black Holes (0) X-ray Binaries & Transients (8)	more >
Galaxies (38) Centre of the Milky Way (3) Galactic Surveys (0) Normal Galaxies (16) Starburst Galaxies (19)	more >
Active Galactic Nuclei (24) Radio Galaxies (10) Blazars & BLLac (0) Seyfert Galaxies (11) Quasars (3)	more >
Interaction of Galaxies (39) Interacting Galaxies (5) Groups of Galaxies (4) Clusters of Galaxies (30)	more >
Cosmology (17) Extragalactic Surveys (12) Deep Fields (5) X-ray Background (0)	more >
Miscellaneous (6) Gamma-ray Bursts (5) Other (1)	more >
XMM-Newton (40) Artistic Views (3) Spacecraft (8) Mirrors (5) EPIC (2) RGS (2) OM (2) Conferences (18)	more >
The Underlying Physics (9) Plasma Diagnostics (2) Fe Kα (2) Relativistic Lines (2) Cyclotron Lines (1) Quasi-periodic Oscillations (2)	more >

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Search the Image Gallery

To search the Image Gallery for a particular object, fill in the object name in the box below and click the Submit button.

Object Name	Show Results As:
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To search the Image Gallery for other images, fill in any of the fields below and click the Submit button.

Category	Sub-Category	Instrument	Show Results As:
Any Solar Systems Stars Endpoints of Stellar Evolution Galaxies Active Galactic Nuclei Interaction of Galaxies Cosmology Miscellaneous XMM-Newton The Underlying Physics	-----Any-----	-----Any----- n/a EPIC MOS EPIC pn EPIC RGS OM	Thumbnails List

For more search options, please use our Advanced Search form.

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