Chandra Looks at the Aftermath of a Massive Star Explosion

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chandra_180 October 22nd, 2001

Credit: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Hughes et al.

Chandra's image of G292.0+1.8 shows a rapidly expanding supernova shell of multimillion degree gas that contains large amounts of elements such as oxygen, neon, magnesium silicon and sulfur. Embedded in the purple nebula left and below the center of the remnant is a point-like source of high-energy X-rays. The surrounding energetic features provide strong evidence for a rapidly spinning neutron star. The neutron star was created when the core of a massive star collapsed, triggering an oxygen-rich supernova. Such oxygen-rich remnants are rare, only three are known to exist in our galaxy. They are of great interest to astronomers because they are one of the primary sources of the heavy elements necessary to form planets and people.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0112/

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

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

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
G292.0+1.8

Distance

Universescale1
20,000 light years
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 24m 35.0s
DEC = -59° 15’ 35.7”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
9.7 x 9.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 1.65 nm
Green Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 830.0 pm
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 250.0 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
180
Subject Category
Subject Name
G292.0+1.8
Credits
NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Hughes et al.
Release Date
2001-10-22
Lightyears
20,000
Redshift
20,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0112/
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
1.65, 0.83, 0.25
Start Time
2000-03-11T00:05:46
Integration Time
43607
Dataset ID
126
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
171.1457953, -59.2599198
Reference Dimension
1800.0, 1802.0
Reference Pixel
901.0, 902.0
Scale
8.99095e-05, 8.9909516e-05
Rotation
0.04
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
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
0112_xray.tif
Metadata Date
2012-07-27T15:59:28-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
20,000 light years

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