chandra_521 September 11th, 2012
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/D.Patnaude, Optical: DSS
This composite image of Kepler's supernova remnant shows different colors ranging from lower to higher energies: red, yellow, green, blue and purple. An optical image from the Digitized Sky Survey (pale yellow and blue) shows stars in the field. The Kepler supernova was a Type Ia event, the thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf. New analysis suggests that the supernova explosion was not only more powerful, but might have also occurred at a greater distance, than previously thought.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/kepler/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Soft X-ray) | 1.55 nm | |
Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Medium X-ray) | 670.0 pm | |
Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Medium X-ray) | 410.0 pm | |
Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Hard X-ray) | 250.0 pm | |
Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (Hard X-ray) | 190.0 pm | |
DSS (DSS2IR) | Optical (IR-band) | 798.0 nm | |
DSS (DSS2R) | Optical (R-band) | 660.0 nm | |
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
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