Historic Nebula Seen Like Never Before
chandra_800 April 10th, 2023
Credit: asdf
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), optical data from Hubble (purple), and infrared data from Spitzer (pink). Chandra has repeatedly observed the Crab since the telescope was launched into space in 1999. The Crab Nebula is powered by a quickly spinning, highly magnetized neutron star called a pulsar, which was formed when a massive star ran out of its nuclear fuel and collapsed. The combination of rapid rotation and a strong magnetic field in the Crab generates an intense electromagnetic field that creates jets of matter and anti-matter moving away from both the north and south poles of the pulsar, and an intense wind flowing out in the equatorial direction.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/crabx/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 800
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Crab Nebula
- Credits
- asdf
- Release Date
- 2023-04-10
- Lightyears
- 6,500
- Redshift
- 6,500
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/crabx/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory, IXPE
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACS, -
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray
- Bandpass
- X-ray, V-band, Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 550, 2400
- Start Time
- 2000-03-01-0000, -
- Integration Time
- 91680, -
- Dataset ID
- 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 4607, 13139, 13146, 13147, 13150, 13151, 13152, 13153, 13154, 13204, 13205, 13206, 13207, 13208, 13209, 13210, 13750, 13751, 13752, 13754, 13755, 13756, 13757, 14416, 14458, 14678, 14679, 14680, 14681, 14682, 14685, 16245, 16257, 16357, 16358, -
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.6333, 22.0144
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.00, 2338.00
- Reference Pixel
- 1762.46950877925, 1392.74104731193
- Scale
- -0.00002517748, 0.00002517748
- Rotation
- 6.02536039311
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ 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 Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- 800
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/crabx/crabx.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-07-18
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
