Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion
chandra_453 May 24th, 2010
Credit: X-ray: (NASA/CXC/Penn State/S.Park et al.); Optical: NASA/STScI/UIUC/Y.H.Chu & R.Williams et al
This composite image of data from Chandra (blue) and Hubble (yellow and purple) depicts the scene of a supernova explosion's aftermath. The X-ray data reveal a bullet-like structure to the lower right that appears to have been blown out of the remnant. The detection of the bullet, which is traveling at some 5 million miles per hour, is evidence that the explosion that created the remnant was not symmetrical.
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Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/n49/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (S-II) | 673.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (H-alpha) | 656.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (O-III) | 502.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | UV (Wide-U) | 300.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | UV (UV) | 380.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (Stromgren-y) | 547.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | IR (IR) | 814.0 nm |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (X-ray) | 826.7 pm |
- ID
- 453
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.4 C.3.1.9
- Subject Name
- N49
- Credits
- X-ray: (NASA/CXC/Penn State/S.Park et al.); Optical: NASA/STScI/UIUC/Y.H.Chu & R.Williams et al
- Release Date
- 2010-05-24
- Lightyears
- 160,000.0
- Redshift
- 160,000.0
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/n49/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- HST, HST, HST, HST, HST, HST, HST, Chandra
- Instrument
- WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Purple, Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, UV, UV, Optical, IR, X-ray
- Bandpass
- S-II, H-alpha, O-III, Wide-U, UV, Stromgren-y, IR, X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 673, 656, 502, 300, 380, 547, 814, 0.8267
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 81.4988221, -66.0818560
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 3600.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1801.0
- Scale
- 7.58273e-06, 7.5827305e-06
- Rotation
- 0.01
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
- 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
- n49.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/n49/n49.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-09-20T10:10:42-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
