A Supernova Cocoon Breakthrough
chandra_511 May 15th, 2012
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Royal Military College of Canada/P.Chandra et al); Optical: NASA/STScI
This composite image shows the galaxy UGC 5189A in X-ray data from Chandra (purple) and optical data from Hubble (red, green and blue.) The very bright source near the top of the galaxy is SN 2010jl, a recently discovered supernova. Data from Chandra have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded in SN 2010jl. This discovery may help astronomers understand why some supernovas are much more powerful than others.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sn2010/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 511
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- SN 2010jl
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/Royal Military College of Canada/P.Chandra et al); Optical: NASA/STScI
- Release Date
- 2012-05-15
- Lightyears
- 163,000,000
- Redshift
- 163,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sn2010/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Chandra
- Instrument
- WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue, Magenta
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, X-ray
- Bandpass
- I-band, -, U-band, X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 814, -, 300, 0.8267
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 145.72704764500, 9.49770469528
- Reference Dimension
- 3185.00, 3600.00
- Reference Pixel
- 434.85809165065, 3159.62654490390
- Scale
- -0.00000408785, 0.00000408785
- Rotation
- 0.08173833371
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.0 revision 213+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- 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 Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- sn2010.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sn2010/sn2010.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-05-15T11:50:06-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
