Chandra in 3D

Gorgeous 3D gallery toy for Chandra images from ChandraBlog

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You're doing a heck of job, ChandraBlog!

To be fair - all the images are available conventionally, and the way to get new toys available ubiquitously is to have them be of use for something interesting.

Places like SAO can push on tech as well as respond to pull.