This false color image shows the X-ray emitting plasma of a
moderate cooling flow cluster called Abell 2626, obtained by the XMM-Newton
Observatory. The image region shown above spans an area of roughly 1.5
Mpc by 1.5 Mpc at the cluster's estimated distance of 253 Mpc. The global
morphology of Abell 2626 appears to be roughly azimuthally
symmetric, but in the very central regions,
there is evidence that relativistic radio plasma is interacting
with the X-ray emitting thermal plasma. The interaction has been studied
by Ka-Wah Wong and
Craig Sarazin using
both XMM-Newton and Chandra
observations.
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