Chandra Associates Pulsar and Historic Supernova
chandra_146 January 10th, 2001
Credit: NASA/McGill/V.Kaspi et al.
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have pinpointed the exact location of the pulsar within the supernova remnant G11.2-0.3. This provides new evidence that this pulsar and the surrounding remnant are the byproducts of a massive star that exploded in 386 AD that was witnessed by Chinese astronomers. If confirmed, this will be only the second pulsar to be clearly associated with a historic event. This result may have important implications for the births of pulsars, and, therefore, for the population as a whole.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/1227/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Image Details
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 146
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- G11.2-0.3
- Credits
- NASA/McGill/V.Kaspi et al.
- Release Date
- 2001-01-10
- Lightyears
- 16,000
- Redshift
- 16,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/1227/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
- Bandpass
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 1.02, 0.64, 0.25
- Start Time
- 2000-08-06T13:29:49, 2000-08-06T13:29:49, 2000-08-06T13:29:49
- Integration Time
- 28800, 28800, 28800
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 272.8710233, -19.4229804
- Reference Dimension
- 2388.0, 2304.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1195.0, 1153.0
- Scale
- 3.99125e-05, 3.9912542e-05
- Rotation
- 0.78
- 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
- 1227_xray.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/1227/1227_xray.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-10-20T14:41:45-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
