The remnant of the supernova SN 1006 seen at many different wavelengths
eso_eso1308b February 14th, 2013
Credit: Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell, X-ray: Chandra X-ray Observatory; NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G. Cassam-Chenaï, J. Hughes et al., Visible light: 0.9-metre Curtis Schmidt optical telescope; NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO/Middlebury College/F. Winkler and Digitized Sky Survey.
This remarkable image was created from pictures taken by different telescopes in space and on the ground. It shows the thousand-year-old remnant of the brilliant SN 1006 supernova, as seen in radio (red), X-ray (blue) and visible light (yellow).
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1308b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1308b
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.4
- Subject Name
- SN 1006
- Credits
- Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell, X-ray: Chandra X-ray Observatory; NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G. Cassam-Chenaï, J. Hughes et al., Visible light: 0.9-metre Curtis Schmidt optical telescope; NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO/Middlebury College/F. Winkler and Digitized Sky Survey.
- Release Date
- 2013-02-14T20:00:00
- Lightyears
- 7,000
- Redshift
- 7,000
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1308b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Very Large Array, Green Bank Telescope, 0.9-metre Curtis Schmidt, Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Instrument
- None, None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Yellow, Blue
- Band
- Radio, Radio, Optical, X-ray
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 225.717980691, -41.9254084363
- Reference Dimension
- 3311.0, 3311.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1655.0, 1655.0
- Scale
- -0.000279556398934, 0.000279556398934
- Rotation
- 0
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617.496.7941
- 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
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso1308b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1308b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-04-05T16:24:58-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
