Ultra-luminous X-ray Source with Magnetic Fields
nustar_nustar230406a April 6th, 2023
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
In this illustration of an ultra-luminous X-ray source, two rivers of hot gas are pulled onto the surface of a neutron star. Strong magnetic fields, shown in green, may change the interaction of matter and light near neutron stars’ surface, increasing how bright they can become.
Provider: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
Image Source: https://nustar.caltech.edu/image/nustar230406a
Curator: NuSTAR
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- nustar230406a
- Subject Category
- B.3.1.9 B.3.7.2
- Subject Name
- M82 X-2
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
- Release Date
- 2023-04-06
- Lightyears
- 12,000,000
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- 12,000,000
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- https://nustar.caltech.edu/image/nustar230406a
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- Artwork
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- Good
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- Equinox
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- NuSTAR
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- /image/nustar/nustar230406a
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- nustar
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- https://nustar.caltech.edu/system/avm_image_sqls/binaries/131/original/M82_ULX_MagFields2_art.tif
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- 2024-08-13T22:44:30Z
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- 1.2
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