Probing Extreme Matter Through Observations of Neutron Stars
chandra_534 March 6th, 2013
Credit: NASA/CXC/Michigan State/A.Steiner et al
New results from Chandra and other X-ray telescopes have provided one of the most reliable determinations yet of the relation between the radius of a neutron star and its mass. Neutron stars, the ultra-dense cores left behind after massive stars collapse, contain the densest matter known in the Universe outside of a black hole. This image contains data from a long Chandra observation of 47 Tucanae, a globular cluster where one of the eight neutron stars in the study is found. Lower-energy X-rays are red, those with intermediate energies are green, and the highest-energy X-rays are shown in blue.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/47tuc/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 534
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2 B.3.1.9.1
- Subject Name
- 47 Tucanae
- Credits
- NASA/CXC/Michigan State/A.Steiner et al
- Release Date
- 2013-03-06
- Lightyears
- 15,000
- Redshift
- 15,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/47tuc/
- 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
- Low X-ray, Medium X-ray, High X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 1.65, 0.78, 0.31
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 6.0204903, -72.0809849
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 3600.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1801.0
- Scale
- 1.09528e-05, 1.095284e-05
- Rotation
- -0.16
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
- 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
- 47tuc.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/47tuc/47tuc.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-03-06T09:49:38-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
