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Multiwavelength composite image of Supernova remnant Cassiopiea A where the wavelength spans 5 orders of magnitude. This image combines Chandra X-ray, Hubble Visible/IR and Spitzer IR data all in an ordered palette.

The color-wavelength correspondences are:
Red: 35000 nm (Spitzer)
Green: 21000 nm (Spitzer)
Blue: 7000 nm (Spitzer)

Visible/IR
Red: 950 nm -730 nm (Hubble SDSS z)
Green: 850 nm – 700 nm (Hubble SDSS i)
Blue: 700 nm – 550 nm (Hubble SDSS r)

X-ray
Red: 2.48 nm – 0.8 nm (Chandra)
Green: 0.8 nm – 0.4 nm (Chandra)
Blue: 0.3 nm – 0.2 nm (Chandra)

Chandra original images: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/openFITS/
Hubble original images: heritage.stsci.edu/2006/30/original.html
Spitzer original images:
www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1723-ssc2007-20b-Cosmic-Or...

The images were prepared separately using the Photoshop “Screen” blending mode, then combined again using the “Screen” blending mode. The Spitzer data was converted to black and white, then recolorized to the new palette. The images were recoordinated and color balanced according to previously released images.

Image credits:
Spitzer: NASA, JPL-Caltech, and J. Rho (Caltech-SSC)
Hubble: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, R. Fesen (Dartmouth College) and J. Long (ESA/Hubble)
Chandra: NASA, CXC, SAO, and D.Patnaude et al
Reprocessing by Mike Malaska

Taken on: July 29, 2010

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