The End of Days - Chandra Catches X-ray Glow From Supernova

Chandra_264_1024

chandra_264 December 14th, 1999

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO, Optical: Palomar Observatory Digital Sky Survey

In late October of 1999, a supernova was detected in NGC 1637, a spiral galaxy that is 25 million light years from Earth. Chandra observed the supernova twice soon after the explosion. X rays, shown by contours overlaid on an optical mage, were detected from 3 million degree gas produced by the supernova. An X-ray source in the center of the galaxy was also detected.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/sn1999em/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SN1999em • NGC 1637

Distance

Universescale2
25,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 41m 28.8s
DEC = -2° 51’ 33.5”
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale DSS Optical -
Grayscale Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Grayscale Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
DatasetID is the Chandra Observation ID
Spectrum_xray1w
Grayscale
Grayscale
Chandra_264_1280
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ID
264
Subject Category
Subject Name
SN1999em, NGC 1637
Credits
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO, Optical: Palomar Observatory Digital Sky Survey
Release Date
1999-12-14
Lightyears
25,000,000
Redshift
25,000,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/sn1999em/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, Chandra, Chandra
Instrument
-, ACIS, ACIS
Color Assignment
Grayscale, Grayscale, Grayscale
Band
Optical, X-ray, X-ray
Bandpass
-, X-ray, X-ray
Central Wavelength
-, 0.8267, 0.8267
Start Time
-, 1999-11-1, 1999-11-13
Integration Time
Dataset ID
-, 763, 764
Notes
D
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
70.3700530, -2.8593114
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email
cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
Telephone
617.496.7941
Address
60 Garden St.
City
Cambridge
State/Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Rights
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Publisher
Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
1999em.tif
Resource URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/sn1999em/1999em.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2010-12-10
Metadata Version
1.2
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25,000,000 light years

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