File:Chandra X-ray Image of PSR 0540-69 with Scale Bar (1999-snrg-more-3).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionChandra X-ray Image of PSR 0540-69 with Scale Bar (1999-snrg-more-3).jpg |
English: Chandra X-ray Image of PSR 0540-69 with Scale Bar Scale bar = 1 arcmin. PSR 0540-69 is a neutron star, or pulsar, that is rotating very rapidly, making a complete rotation every one-twentieth of a second. It is similar in many ways to the famous Crab Nebula pulsar. Both objects are spinning rapidly, are about 1,000 years old and are surrounded by a large cloud of gas and high-energy particles. The surrounding cloud in both cases is powered by the conversion of rotational energy of the neutron star into high energy particles through the combined action of rapid rotation and a strong magnetic field. PSR 0540-69 is 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one the Milky Way's small satellite galaxies. |
Date | 20 September 1999 (upload date) |
Source | Chandra X-ray Image of PSR 0540-69 with Scale Bar |
Author | (Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO) |
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Category InfoField | Supernovas & Supernova Remnants, Neutron Stars/X-ray Binaries |
Color Code InfoField | Intensity |
Constellation InfoField | Dorado |
Coordinates (J2000) InfoField | RA 05h 40m 11s |
Distance Estimate InfoField | 160,000 light years |
Scale InfoField | 2 arcmin across. |
Instruments InfoField | HRC |
This media is a product of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Credit and attribution belongs to the Chandra X-ray Center, NASA/SAO |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Credit/Provider | NASA/CXC/SAO |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
Headline | A pulsar and supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud. |
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Date and time of data generation | 20 September 1999 |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows |
File change date and time | 09:58, 21 February 2013 |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 504 px |
Image height | 417 px |
Date metadata was last modified | 04:58, 21 February 2013 |
Date and time of digitizing | 04:46, 21 December 2012 |
Unique ID of original document | ED324612D385CB79EA8C24E6AF264743 |
Keywords | PSR 0540-69 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
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IIM version | 4 |