Nearby Supernova Factory Ramps Up
chandra_483 May 24th, 2011
Credit: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
This new Chandra image is, in fact, 22 separate pointings of the telescope that have been stitched together to look at the famous Carina Nebula like never before. In this image, low, medium, and high-energy X-rays are colored red, green, and blue respectively. Chandra detected over 14,000 stars in this region, revealed a diffuse X-ray glow, and provided strong evidence that massive stars have already self-destructed in this nearby supernova factory. The Carina Nebula is one of the best places in the Milky Way to study how young and massive stars live and die.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/carina/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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Image Details
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 483
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Carina Nebula
- Credits
- NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
- Release Date
- 2011-05-24
- Lightyears
- 7,500
- Redshift
- 7,500
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/carina/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
- Bandpass
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 0.74, 0.97, 1.13
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- 1312740, 1312740, 1312740
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 161.3016728, -59.7809334
- Reference Dimension
- 2416.0, 2436.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1209.0, 1219.0
- Scale
- 0.000470625, 0.0004706254
- Rotation
- 0.01
- 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
- 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 Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- carina_xray_cropped.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/carina/carina.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-05-27T10:24:12-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
