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Description: Chandra's image of this supernova remnant shows a bright ring of high-energy particles with a central point-like source. This observation enabled scientists to use the giant Arecibo Radio Telescope to search for and locate the pulsar, or neutron star that powers the ring. The ring of particles and two jet-like structures appear to be due to the energetic flow of radiation and particles from the rapidly spinning neutron star rotating 7 times per second. These discoveries will help scientists better understand how neutron stars channel enormous amounts of energy into particles moving near the speed of light. Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray Date: 2002 Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Gift line: NASA/CXC/U.Mass/F.Lu et al. Accession number: g541 |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Copyright holder | http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html |
Label | Review |
Headline | A supernova remnant about 16,000 light years from Earth. |
Credit/Provider | NASA/CXC/U.Mass/F.Lu et al. |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
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Date and time of data generation | 25 June 2002 |
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Orientation | Normal |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 18:33, 8 October 2008 |
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Image width | 2,394 px |
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Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 14:33, 8 October 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 14:39, 8 October 2008 |
Keywords | SNR G54.1+0.3 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
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IIM version | 2 |