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

Authors
Hopwood, MEL Evans, A Roberts, TP Burleigh, MR Odenkirchen, M Beardmore, AP O'Brien, T Jeffries, RD Penny, A Eyres, SPS
Citation
Mel. Hopwood et al., A possible detection of diffuse extended X-ray emission in the environmentof the globular cluster NGC 6779, M NOT R AST, 316(1), 2000, pp. L5-L8
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00358711 → ACNP
Volume
316
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
L5 - L8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(20000721)316:1<L5:APDODE>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We report the possible detection of diffuse X-ray emission in the environme nt of NGC 6779, and find the emission to be well aligned with the proper mo tion 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 inter action between the intracluster medium and the halo gas surrounding it.