File:E0102 - Chandra Supernovas Portrait Gallery (1999-snrg - e0102electricbluet).tiff

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Chandra X-ray Image of E0102-72.3

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Description	English: E0102-72 is a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. This galaxy is 190,000 light years from Earth. E0102 -72, which is approximately a thousand years old, is believed to have resulted from the explosion of a massive star. Stretching across forty light years of space, the multi-million degree source resembles a flaming cosmic wheel.
Date	20 September 1999 (upload date)
Source	Supernovas Portrait Gallery
Author	NASA/SAO
Other versions	JPG version JPG version JPG version TIFF version JPG version TIFF version TIFF version
Also Known As InfoField	SN010102-72
Category InfoField	Supernovas & Supernova Remnants, Neutron Stars/X-ray Binaries
Color Code InfoField	Intensity
Constellation InfoField	Tucana
Coordinates (J2000) InfoField	RA 01h 04m 02.40s
Distance Estimate InfoField	200,000 light years
Scale InfoField	1 arcmin across.
Instruments InfoField	ACIS

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Image title	E0102-72 is a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Located in the constellation Tucana, this galaxy is 190,000 light years from Earth. The remnant is approximately a thousand years old. Stretching across forty light years of space, the expanding multimillion degree shell of gas resembles a flaming cosmic wheel.
Author	Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
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Number of components	3
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Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
File change date and time	11:38, 20 February 2013
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