Chandra 3-Color X-ray Image of N 63A

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esahubble_heic0507e June 7th, 2005

Credit: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren et al.

Chandra's image of N63A shows material heated to about ten million degrees Celsius by a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. The fluffy crescent-shaped X-ray features that appear around the edge of the remnant are thought to be fragments of high-speed matter shot out from the star when it exploded, like shrapnel from a bomb. The colours red, green and blue in the image correspond to low, medium and high-energy X-rays, respectively. The image is 112 arcsec per side

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0507e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
DEM L 243 • LHA 120-N 63A • SNR 0535-66.0
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 43.7s
DEC = -66° 2’ 9.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.9 x 1.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Chandra (None) X-ray (Low energy X-ray) -
Green Chandra (None) X-ray (Medium energy X-ray) -
Blue Chandra (None) X-ray (High energy X-ray) -
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ID
heic0507e
Subject Category
C.4.1.4  
Subject Name
DEM L 243, LHA 120-N 63A, SNR 0535-66.0
Credits
NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren et al.
Release Date
2005-06-07T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0507e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
Bandpass
Low energy X-ray, Medium energy X-ray, High energy X-ray
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.9319313, -66.0359224
Reference Dimension
1875.0, 1875.0
Reference Pixel
938.5, 938.5
Scale
1.66443639785e-05, 1.66821255618e-05
Rotation
0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0507e
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0507e.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:24.360045
Metadata Version
1.1
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