IXPE and Chandra Untangle Theories Surrounding Historic Supernova Remnant

chandra_813 October 26th, 2023

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO (Chandra); NASA/MSFC/Nanjing Univ./P. Zhou et al. (IXPE); IR: NASA/JPL/CalTech/Spitzer; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Schmidt

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/sn1006/

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

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: SN1006
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Distance

7,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 15h 2m 50.9s; DEC = -41° 55’ 24.8”
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	-
IXPE	X-ray	-
Spitzer	Infrared	-

ID: 813
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: SN1006
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO (Chandra); NASA/MSFC/Nanjing Univ./P. Zhou et al. (IXPE); IR: NASA/JPL/CalTech/Spitzer; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Schmidt

Release Date: 2023-10-26
Lightyears: 7,000
Redshift: 7,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/sn1006/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-Ray Observatory, IXPE, Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument: ACIS
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor, Purple, Yellow

Band: X-ray, X-ray, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2000-07-10-2048
Integration Time: 1113350
Dataset ID: 732, 1959, 3838, 4385, 4386, 4387, 4388, 4389, 4390, 4391, 4392, 4393, 4394, 9107, 13737, 13738, 13739, 13740, 13741, 13742, 13743, 14423, 14424, 14435
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 225.712, -41.9235667
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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 Center
Publisher ID: chandra
Resource ID: 813

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/sn1006/sn1006.tif
Related Resources: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/sn1006/sn1006_description_audio.mp3

Metadata Date: 2024-01-16T20:11:10Z
Metadata Version: 1.2

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

7,000 light years