An Oxygen Factory in a Nearby Galaxy
chandra_388 March 12th, 2008
Credit: NASA/CXC/NCSU/K.J.Borkowski et al.
The supernova remnant (SNR) N132D is the brightest in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and it belongs to a rare class of oxygen-rich remnants. In this Chandra image, low energy X-rays are colored red, the medium energy range are green, and the highest energy X-rays are blue. Substantial amounts of are detected, particularly in the green regions near the center of the image. Most of the oxygen on Earth is thought to come from stellar explosions similar to this one.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/n132d/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- ID
- 388
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.4.
- Subject Name
- N132D
- Credits
- NASA/CXC/NCSU/K.J.Borkowski et al.
- Release Date
- 2008-03-12
- Lightyears
- 160,000
- Redshift
- 160,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/n132d/
- 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
- 3.1, 1.98, 0.32
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 8.1259404683156E+01, -6.9643719970143E+01
- Reference Dimension
- 3000, 3000
- Reference Pixel
- 1639.575, 1369.431
- Scale
- -1.51770727862E-05, 1.51770727862E-05
- Rotation
- 0.00000
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- /image/chandra/388
- 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
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- n132d.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/n132d/n132d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-08-22
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
