A possible detection of diffuse extended X-ray emission in the environment of the globular cluster NGC 6779

Authors :: A. P. Beardmore
Matthew R. Burleigh
M. Odenkirchen
M. E. L. Hopwood
S. P. S. Eyres
Tim O'Brien
Alan J. Penny
R. D. Jeffries
A. Evans
Timothy P.L. Roberts
Source :: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 316:L5-L8
Publication Year :: 2000
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2000.
Abstract: ABSTRA C T We report the possible detection of diffuse X-ray emission in the environment of NGC 6779, and find the emission to be well aligned with the proper motion of the cluster. The position of the emission suggests we are observing heated ISM in the wake of the cluster that could be the result of an interaction between the intracluster medium and the halo gas surrounding

Subjects :: Physics
Proper motion
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
X-ray
Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science
Position (vector)
Intracluster medium
Globular cluster
Cluster (physics)
Halo
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics

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