M101 Mosaic
nustar_nustar240125a January 24th, 2024
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Grefenstette (Caltech)
Only four days after the explosion, NuSTAR observed the nearby core-collapse supernova SN2023ixf in M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. The NuSTAR X-ray data (green) shows the X-ray detection over of the supernova. The X-ray data are overlaid on an archival optical image (NOIRLab/KPNO, yellows and reds) that has been combined with a far-UV image from GALEX (blue).
Image processing: R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)
Provider: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
Image Source: https://nustar.caltech.edu/image/nustar240125a
Curator: NuSTAR, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: https://www.nustar.caltech.edu/page/image_use_policy
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- ID
- nustar240125a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1. C.3.1.8.
- Subject Name
- M101
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Grefenstette (Caltech)
- Release Date
- 2024-01-24
- Lightyears
- 21,000,000
- Redshift
- 0.000804
- Reference Url
- https://nustar.caltech.edu/image/nustar240125a
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- NuSTAR, GALEX, WIYN-0.9m, WIYN-0.9m
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Green, Blue, Yellow, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 0.06, 150, 440, 650
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 210.8749623, 54.1042717
- Reference Dimension
- 7680.0, 7540.0
- Reference Pixel
- 7129.558594, 3141.281738
- Scale
- -7.18e-05, 7.19e-05
- Rotation
- 89.68762473
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NuSTAR
- URL
- https://www.nustar.caltech.edu
- Name
- Caltech
- Telephone
- Address
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- https://www.nustar.caltech.edu/page/image_use_policy
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- nustar
- Resource ID
- noao-02881
- Resource URL
- https://nustar.caltech.edu/system/avm_image_sqls/binaries/136/original/M101_NuSTAR_SN.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-01-25T15:17:19Z
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
