NASA Space Observatories Glimpse Faint Afterglow of Nearby Stell
chandra_304 October 4th, 2005
Credit: X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Optical: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
This is a composite Chandra (X-ray/blue) and Hubble (optical/pink & purple) of N132D. The beautiful glowing horseshoe-shaped cloud of hot gas against a backdrop of thousands of stars was produced by the explosion of a massive star. Shock waves produced by the explosion heated interstellar gas around the site to X-ray emitting temperatures of millions of degrees Celsius. The optical image reveals cooler gas and a small, bright crescent-shaped cloud of emission from hydrogen gas. The star that exploded as a supernova was probably more than 20 times as massive as the Sun. Most of the stars in this image are less massive and will not go out with a bang.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/n132d/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 304
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.4.
- Subject Name
- N132D, SNR 0525-69.6
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Optical: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2005-10-04
- Lightyears
- 160,000
- Redshift
- 160,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/n132d/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- X-ray, H-alpha, z-band, V-band, B-band
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 658, 850, 550, 435
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- 1828, -, -, -, -
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 81.25371915000, -69.64224250000
- Reference Dimension
- 3150.00, 2578.00
- Reference Pixel
- -2150.70647018542, 2226.14330500545
- Scale
- -0.00000295125, 0.00000295125
- Rotation
- 33.46992339412
- 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
- n132d.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/n132d/n132d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-07-30T15:43:29-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
