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chandra_554h October 28th, 2013

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO

This collection of images represents the thousands of observations that are permanently stored and accessible to the world in the Chandra Data Archive (CDA). This sample showcases the wide range of objects that Chandra has observed during its over 14-year mission, including the remains of exploded stars, cosmic nurseries where stars are being born, and galaxies both similar to our Milky Way and those that are much different. In each of these images, the Chandra data are blue or purple and have been combined with those from other wavelengths.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/archives/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: SNR B0049 • Chandra Archive Collection
Subject - Local Universe: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Distance

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180,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 51m 7.1s; DEC = -73° 21’ 29.9”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CW
Field of View: 17.0 x 17.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Tucana

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray (X-ray)	826.7 pm
	2MASS	Infrared (J-band)	1.3 µm
	2MASS	Infrared (H-band)	1.6 µm
	2MASS	Infrared (K-band)	2.2 µm

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ID: 554h
Subject Category: C.4.1.2
Subject Name: SNR B0049, Chandra Archive Collection
Credits: NASA/CXC/SAO

Release Date: 2013-10-28
Lightyears: 180,000
Redshift: 180,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/archives/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra, 2MASS, 2MASS, 2MASS
Instrument: ACIS, -, -, -
Color Assignment: Purple, Blue, Green, Red

Band: X-ray, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: X-ray, J-band, H-band, K-band
Central Wavelength: 0.8267, 1.25e3, 1.63e3, 2.17e3

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 12.7796631, -73.3582931
Reference Dimension: 3408.0, 3408.0

Reference Pixel: 1705.0, 1705.0
Scale: 8.33119e-05, 8.3311881e-05
Rotation: -0.19
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
Email: 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: archives_snrB0049.tif

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/archives/archives_snrB0049.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-10-29T13:29:16-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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