Chandra X-ray Observatory: Kepler's Supernova Remnant (X-ray data)
esahubble_opo0429h October 6th, 2004
Credit: NASA, CXC and S. Holt (F.W. Olin College of Engineering)
This image shows the remains of Kepler's Supernova, the most recent exploding star to be seen in the Milky Way Galaxy. It was first observed 400 years ago when it was thought to be 'a new star'. In fact, it was the the gas and dust from an exploding star, rapidly expanding. These remnants have now reached a diameter of 14 light years wide and are still expandingat 4 million miles per hour. This image was taken by theChandra X-ray Observatory.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429h/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
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- ID
- opo0429h
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.4
- Subject Name
- Kepler's SN
- Credits
- NASA, CXC and S. Holt (F.W. Olin College of Engineering)
- Release Date
- 2004-10-06T18:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429h/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, ACIS
- 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
- 262.672214197, -21.4938119822
- Reference Dimension
- 2400.0, 2400.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1200.0, 1200.0
- Scale
- -4.85508889655e-05, 4.85508889655e-05
- Rotation
- 0.040000000000000029
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- 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
- opo0429h
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0429h.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2004-10-04T09:18:25-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
