A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand
chandra_432a April 3rd, 2009
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/P.Slane, et al.
At the center of this Chandra image, a pulsar -- only twelve miles in diameter -- is responsible for this X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. This pulsar is spinning around almost 7 times a second and has a magnetic field at its surface estimated to be 15 trillion times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field. This combination of rapid rotation and ultra-strong magnetic field drives an energetic wind of electrons and ions, ultimately creating the elaborate nebula seen by Chandra.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 432a
- Subject Category
- B.3.1.9.1 B.4.1.4
- Subject Name
- PSR B1509-58
- Credits
- NASA/CXC/SAO/P.Slane, et al.
- Release Date
- 2009-04-03
- Lightyears
- 17,000
- Redshift
- 17,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
- Bandpass
- -, -, -
- Central Wavelength
- 1.13, 0.53, 0.23
- Start Time
- 2004-12-28-0000, 2004-12-28-0000, 2004-12-28-0000
- Integration Time
- 187200, 187200, 187200
- Dataset ID
- -, -, -
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 228.491846004, -59.120934272
- Reference Dimension
- 3601, 3601
- Reference Pixel
- 1801, 1801
- Scale
- -9.11110000000000e-05, 9.11110000000000e-05
- Rotation
- 0.016350859
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- 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 Observatory
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- b1509.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/b1509.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-02T16:29:31-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
