Runaway Pulsar Firing an Extraordinary Jet

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chandra_562 February 18th, 2014

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/ISDC/L.Pavan et al, Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA Optical: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

An extraordinary jet trailing behind a runaway pulsar is seen in this composite image that contains X-ray data from Chandra (purple), radio data from the ACTA (green), and optical data from the 2MASS survey (red, green, and blue). The pulsar - a spinning neutron star - and its tail are found in the lower right of this image. The tail stretches for 37 light years, making it the longest X-ray jet ever seen from an object in the Milky Way galaxy. The pulsar is moving away from the center of the supernova remnant (seen in the upper left of the image) where it was born at a speed between 2.5 million and 5 million miles per hour. This supersonic pace makes IGR J1104-6103 one of the fastest moving pulsars ever observed.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/igrj11014/

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

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

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IGR J11014-6103
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star > Pulsar

Distance

Universescale1
23,000 light years
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 2m 17.1s
DEC = -60° 56’ 9.5”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
22.2 x 19.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Magenta Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Blue 2MASS Infrared (J-band) 1.2 µm
Green 2MASS Infrared (H-band) 1.7 µm
Red 2MASS Infrared (K-band) 2.2 µm
Green ATCA Radio (2GHz) 300.0 mm
Spectrum_xray2
Magenta
Blue
Green
Red
Green
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ID
562
Subject Category
B.3.1.9.1  
Subject Name
IGR J11014-6103
Credits
X-ray: NASA/CXC/ISDC/L.Pavan et al, Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA Optical: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
Release Date
2014-02-18
Lightyears
23,000
Redshift
23,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/igrj11014/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, 2MASS, 2MASS, 2MASS, ATCA
Instrument
ACIS, -, -, -, -
Color Assignment
Magenta, Blue, Green, Red, Green
Band
X-ray, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Radio
Bandpass
X-ray, J-band, H-band, K-band, 2GHz
Central Wavelength
0.8267, 1240, 1660, 2160, 3e8
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
165.5711218, -60.9359673
Reference Dimension
3600.0, 3086.0
Reference Pixel
1801.0, 1544.0
Scale
0.000102787, 0.00010278658
Rotation
0.03
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
igrj11014.tif
Metadata Date
2014-02-18
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
23,000 light years

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