What Lies Beneath? Magnetar Enigma Deepens

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chandra_465 October 14th, 2010

Credit: Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss

Observations from several telescopes, including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, have revealed that a slowly rotating neutron star with a comparatively very weak surface magnetic field is giving off bursts of X-rays and gamma rays. This discovery from SGR 0418+5729 may indicate the presence of an internal magnetic field much more intense than the surface magnetic field, with implications for how the most powerful magnets in the cosmos evolve.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgr0418/

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Artwork
Object Name
SGR 0418+5729
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star > Magnetar

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
6,500 light years

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 18m 34.0s
DEC = 57° 32’ 22.9”
Constellation
Camelopardalis
Chandra_465_1280
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ID
465
Subject Category
B.3.1.9.2  
Subject Name
SGR 0418+5729
Credits
Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
Release Date
2010-10-14
Lightyears
6,500
Redshift
6,500
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgr0418/
Type
Artwork
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
64.6417, 57.5397
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
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 Observatory Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
sgr0418.tif
Resource URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgr0418/sgr0418.tif
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Metadata Date
2013-09-05T16:00:22-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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6,500 light years

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