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Chandra observations of the core of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 reveal a heavily absorbed source of hard X-rays embedded within the nuclear starburst region. The source has an unabsorbed, 2 to 10 keV luminosity of >=10^39 erg/s and…

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We present results from a study of a nuclear emission of a nearby radio galaxy, 4C+29.30, over a broad 0.5-200 keV X-ray band. This study used new XMM-Newton (~17 ksec) and Chandra (~300 ksec) data, and archival Swift/BAT data from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 M. A. Sobolewska , Aneta Siemiginowska , G. Migliori , L. Stawarz , M. Jamrozy , D. Evans , C. C. Cheung , .

We present the first results from 60ks of observations of Arp 220 using the ACIS-S instrument on Chandra. We report the detection of several sources near the galaxy's nucleus, including a point source with a hard spectrum that is coincident…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. L. Clements , J. C. McDowell , S. Shaked , A. C. Baker , K. Borne , L. Colina , S. Lamb , C. Mundell

We report the Chandra detection of resolved X-ray emission of luminosity 3.5 \times 10^{40} ergs s^{-1} (0.4--4.5 keV) and power-law energy spectral index alpha = 1.5 \pm 0.7 from a roughly 10 arcsec length of the north-west radio jet in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. M. Worrall , M. Birkinshaw , M. J. Hardcastle

Optical spectra of SN1994W in NGC 4041 revealed the presence of a dense (N_e > 10^8 cm^-3) circumstellar shell. An observation with the ROSAT HRI detected a source, with a 0.2-2.4 keV luminosity of ~8x10^39 erg/sec, coincident with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eric M. Schlegel

We present X-ray (ROSAT), infrared, and radio observations of NGC 4395, which harbors the optically least luminous type 1 Seyfert nucleus discovered thus far. In combination with published optical and ultraviolet spectra, we have used these…

We found several extranuclear (r >~ 3") X-ray nebulae within 40" (6.3 kpc at 32.5 Mpc) of the nucleus of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 2992. The net X-ray luminosity from the extranuclear sources is ~2-3 E39 erg/s (0.3-8.0 keV). The X-ray core…

We report the results of high-resolution subpixel imaging of the hard continuum and Fe K{\alpha} line of the Compton Thick (CT) Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) ESO 428-G014, observed with Chandra ACIS. While the 3-4 keV emission is dominated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-16 G. Fabbiano , A. Siemiginowska , A. Paggi , M. Elvis , M. Volonteri , L. Mayer , M. Karovska , W. P. Maksym , G. Risaliti , Junfeng Wang

NGC 4395 is one of the least luminous and nearest known type 1 Seyfert galaxies, and it also lacks a bulge. We present an HST I-band image of its nuclear region and Keck high-resolution (8 km/s) echelle spectra containing the Ca II…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Alexei V. Filippenko , Luis C. Ho

We present XMM-Newton observations of the Chandra-detected nuclear X-ray source in NGC 4561. The hard X-ray spectrum can be described by a model composed of an absorbed power-law with Gamma= 2.5^{+0.4}_{-0.3}, and column density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 C. Araya Salvo , S. Mathur , H. Ghosh , F. Fiore , L. Ferrarese

We present the Chandra discovery of soft diffuse X-ray emission in NGC 4151 (L[0.5-2keV]~10^{39} erg s$^{-1}$), extending ~2 kpc from the active nucleus and filling in the cavity of the HI material. The best fit to the X-ray spectrum…

The radio source 1146+596 is hosted by an elliptical/S0 galaxy NGC\,3894, with a low-luminosity active nucleus. The radio structure is compact, suggesting a very young age of the jets in the system. Recently, the source has been confirmed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-01 K. Balasubramaniam , L . Stawarz , C. C. Cheung , M. Sobolewska , V. Marchenko , R. Thimmappa , D. L. Krol , G. Migliori , A. Siemiginowska

The E3 giant elliptical galaxy NGC5018 was observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory on 14 April 2001. Results of analysis of these X-ray data as well as of complementary optical, infrared, and radio data are reported. Seven X-ray point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kajal K. Ghosh , Douglas A. Swartz , Allyn F. Tennant , Kinwah Wu , Lakshmi Saripalli

We discuss CXOU~1229410+075744, a new black hole candidate in a globular cluster in the elliptical galaxy NGC~4472. By comparing two Chandra observations of the galaxy, we find a source that varies by at least a factor of 4, and has a peak…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Thomas J. Maccarone , Arunav Kundu , Stephen E. Zepf , Katherine L. Rhode

We present a comprehensive comparative high resolution mid-IR spectroscopic and X-ray imaging investigation of LINERs using archival observations from the ISO-SWS and the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer. Although the sample is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Satyapal , R. M. Sambruna , R. P. Dudik

We present Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the composite star-forming/Seyfert galaxy IRAS20051-1117. The X-ray imaging and spectral properties reveal the presence of an active nucleus. The Chandra image shows a strong nuclear point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Georgantopoulos , I. Papadakis , A. Zezas , M. J. Ward

Chandra X-ray observations of NGC4342, a low stellar mass (M_K=-22.79 mag) early-type galaxy, show luminous, diffuse X-ray emission originating from hot gas with temperature of kT~0.6 keV. The observed 0.5-2 keV band luminosity of the…

We present the results of a BeppoSAX observation of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC4945 in the 0.1-200 keV energy band. The nuclear X-ray emission emerges above ~7 keV, through an absorber with column density N_H ~ a few 10^24/cm/cm. Its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 M. Guainazzi , G. Matt , W. N. Brandt , L. A. Antonelli , P. Barr , L. Bassani

We present six monitoring observations of the starburst galaxy NGC 2146 using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We have detected 67 point sources in the 8'.7 x 8'.7 field of view of the ACIS-S detector. Six of these sources were Ultra-Luminous…

As part of our campaign to determine the nature of the various source populations of the low-luminosity globular cluster X-ray sources, we have obtained a Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S3 image of the globular cluster NGC 6440. We detect…