X-Rays Discovered from Young Supernova Remnant
chandra_518 July 30th, 2012
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/STScI/K.Long et al., Optical: NASA/STScI
Using Chandra, astronomers have detected X-rays from the remains of a supernova that was spotted from Earth over 50 years ago. The full-field image shows Chandra's view of M83 during a long observation where low, medium, and high-energy X-rays are red, green, and blue respectively. The inset reveals the position of the source within the spiral galaxy that corresponds with optical (shown in the other inset box) and radio observations of a supernova called SN 1957D. This is the first time the remains of SN 1957D have been detected in X-rays. Chandra's new X-ray data provide important information about the nature of this explosion that astronomers think happened when a massive star ran out of fuel and collapsed.
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Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Soft X-ray) | 1.84 nm |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Medium X-ray) | 830.0 pm |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Hard X-ray) | 280.0 pm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (I-band) | 814.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (H-alpha) | 657.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (V-band) | 555.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (y-band) | 547.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (B-band) | 438.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (U-band) | 336.0 nm |
- ID
- 518
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M83
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/STScI/K.Long et al., Optical: NASA/STScI
- Release Date
- 2012-07-30
- Lightyears
- 15,000,000
- Redshift
- 15,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m83sn/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, ACIS, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue, Red, Orange, Green, Green, Blue, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Soft X-ray, Medium X-ray, Hard X-ray, I-band, H-alpha, V-band, y-band, B-band, U-band
- Central Wavelength
- 1.84, 0.83, 0.28, 814, 657, 555, 547, 438, 336
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 204.25300000000, -29.86650000000
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.00, 3600.00
- Reference Pixel
- 1766.89523137937, 1778.56831672795
- Scale
- -0.00004448190, 0.00004448190
- Rotation
- 0.04517160358
- 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
- m83sn.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m83sn/m83sn.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-07-30T16:51:13-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
