Liberating Star Stuff

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chandra_397 December 7th, 2001

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G.Cassam-Chenai, J.Hughes et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell; Optical: Middlebury College/F.Winkler, NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO Schmidt & DSS

This is a composite image of the SN 1006 supernova remnant, which is located about 7000 light years from Earth. Shown here are X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), optical data from the 0.9 meter Curtis Schmidt telescope at CTIO (yellow) and the DSS (orange), plus radio data from the NRAO's VLA and GBT (red). The original supernova explosion, caused by the destruction of a white dwarf star, was the brightest ever recorded on Earth. Elements such as iron that were previously locked up in the star were completely liberated by the supernova explosion. A combined study of its remnant, using Chandra, CTIO and VLA/GBT

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/sn1006c/

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
SN 1006
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Distance

Universescale1
7,000 light years
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 15h 2m 22.1s
DEC = -42° 5’ 49.2”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
55.4 x 55.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray 826.7 pm
Red VLA (VLA) Radio 200.0 mm
Orange DSS (DSS2R) Optical (R-band) 660.0 nm
Blue DSS (DSS2B) Optical (B-band) 443.0 nm
Yellow CTIO (Schmidt) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Spectrum_xray2
Blue
Red
Orange
Blue
Yellow
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ID
397
Subject Category
B.4.1.4  
Subject Name
SN 1006
Credits
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G.Cassam-Chenai, J.Hughes et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell; Optical: Middlebury College/F.Winkler, NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO Schmidt & DSS
Release Date
2001-12-07
Lightyears
7,000
Redshift
7,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/sn1006c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, VLA, DSS, DSS, CTIO
Instrument
ACIS, VLA, DSS2R, DSS2B, Schmidt
Color Assignment
Blue, Red, Orange, Blue, Yellow
Band
X-ray, Radio, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
-, -, R-band, B-band, H-alpha
Central Wavelength
0.8267, 2e8, 660, 443, 656
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
225.59222900000, -42.09699200000
Reference Dimension
3311.00, 3311.00
Reference Pixel
1989.54750622381, 1041.20724538256
Scale
-0.00027885964, 0.00027885964
Rotation
-0.14289078311
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.0 revision 213+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
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
sn1006c.tif
Metadata Date
2012-04-05T16:24:58-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
7,000 light years

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