Hardy Star Survives Supernova Blast
chandra_548 March 20th, 2014
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Seward et al; Optical: NOAO/CTIO/MCELS, DSS
This composite image contains data from Chandra (purple) that provides evidence for the survival of a companion star from the blast of a supernova explosion. Chandra's X-rays reveal a point-like source in the supernova remnant at the location of a massive star. The data suggest that mass is being pulled away from the massive star towards a neutron star or a black hole companion. If confirmed, this would be only the third binary system containing both a massive star and a neutron star or black hole ever found in the aftermath of a supernova. This supernova remnant is found embedded in clouds of ionized hydrogen, which are shown in optical light (yellow and cyan) from the MCELS survey, along with additional optical data from the DSS (white).
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Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/deml241/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Chandra (ACIS) | X-ray (X-ray) | 826.7 pm |
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CTIO (CTSCH) | Optical (H-alpha) | 656.0 nm |
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CTIO (CTSCH) | Optical (Pseudogreen) | - |
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CTIO (CTSCH) | Optical (SII) | 673.0 nm |
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DSS (DSS2R) | Optical (R-band) | 660.0 nm |
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DSS | Optical (Pseudogreen) | - |
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DSS (DSS2IR) | Optical (IR-band) | 798.0 nm |
- ID
- 548
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.4 C.4.2.1.1
- Subject Name
- DEM L241
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Seward et al; Optical: NOAO/CTIO/MCELS, DSS
- Release Date
- 2014-03-20
- Lightyears
- 160,000
- Redshift
- 160,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/deml241/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, CTIO, CTIO, CTIO, DSS, DSS, DSS
- Instrument
- ACIS, CTSCH, CTSCH, CTSCH, DSS2R, -, DSS2IR
- Color Assignment
- Magenta, Blue, Green, Red, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- X-ray, H-alpha, Pseudogreen, SII, R-band, Pseudogreen, IR-band
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 656, -, 673, 660, -, 798
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.8741139, -67.5637517
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 2692.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1347.0
- Scale
- 0.000109074, 0.00010907364
- Rotation
- 5.73
- 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
- deml241.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/deml241/deml241.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2014-03-19T15:51:32-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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