Supernova Bubble Resembles Holiday Ornament
chandra_469 December 14th, 2010
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Hughes et al, Optical: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
This composite image contains X-ray data from Chandra (green and blue) that show heated material in the center of a shell generated by a supernova explosion. Optical data from Hubble show the glowing pink rim, which is ambient gas being shocked by the blast wave from the supernova, as well as the surrounding star field. The Type Ia supernova that resulted in the creation of this remnant would have been visible from Earth some 400 years ago.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/snr0509/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 469
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- SNR 0509-67.5
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Hughes et al, Optical: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2010-12-14
- Lightyears
- 160,000
- Redshift
- 160,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/snr0509/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, WFC3, WFC3, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Green, Blue, Orange, Red, Green, Violet
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- X-ray, X-ray, I, H-alpha, V, g
- Central Wavelength
- 1.46, 0.45, 814, 658, 555, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- 113000, 113000, 11880, 11880, 11880, 11880
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 77.3842048, -67.5218474
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 2800.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1401.0
- Scale
- 5.64001e-06, 5.6400084e-06
- Rotation
- 156.14
- 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 Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- snr0509.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/snr0509/snr0509.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-12-06T16:51:08-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
