A Star's Death Comes to Life
chandra_343 January 9th, 2007
Credit: NASA/CXC/NCSU/S.Reynolds et al.
A long Chandra observation of the Kepler supernova remnant provides unprecedented detail of one of the youngest supernovas in the Galaxy. Studying the debris of this exploded star helps in the understanding of how a star's life can end catastrophically. Red in this image shows material heated by the explosion, while yellow and green depict different elements in the ejecta. Blue represents the highest-energy X-rays and shows a shock front generated by the supernova explosion.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/kepler/
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
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 343
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.4.
- Subject Name
- Kepler's Supernova Remnant, SN 1604, G004.5+06.8, V 843 Ophiuchi
- Credits
- NASA/CXC/NCSU/S.Reynolds et al.
- Release Date
- 2007-01-09
- Lightyears
- 13,000
- Redshift
- 13,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/kepler/
- 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
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 2.6266830346596E+02, -2.1512550754490E+01
- Reference Dimension
- 2500, 2500
- Reference Pixel
- 1340.083, 610.9166
- Scale
- -3.28000012512E-05, 3.28000012512E-05
- Rotation
- 0.00000
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 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
- kepler.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/kepler/kepler.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-04-19
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
