Fig. 1

Combined EPIC colour images of SMC 3 from the four XMM-Newton observations. Red, green, and blue colours denote X-ray intensities in the 0.2−1.0, 1.0−2.0 and 2.0−4.5 keV bands. Circles indicate the extraction regions. In the upper left, the background is increased at higher energies.
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