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Chandra 3-Color X-ray Image of N 63A
Chandra's image of N63A shows material heated to about ten million degrees Celsius by a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. The fluffy crescent-shaped X-ray features that appear around the edge of the remnant are thought to be fragments of high-speed matter shot out...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2005
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2005-15-1701-image
Chandra's image of N63A shows material heated to about ten million degrees Celsius by a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. The fluffy crescent-shaped X-ray features that appear around the edge of the remnant are thought to be fragments of high-speed matter shot out from the star when it exploded, like shrapnel from a bomb. The colors red, green and blue in the image correspond to low, medium and high-energy X-rays, respectively. The image is 112 arcsec per side.
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NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren et al.Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | LMC N 63A |
| Object Description | Supernova Remnant |
| R.A. Position | 05h 35m 42.99s |
| Dec. Position | -66° 2' 31.99" |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Distance | The distance to the LMC is roughly 160,000 light-years (50 kpc). |
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