File:The Remarkable Remains of a Recent Supernova (9933992404).jpg
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Description: A new Chandra observation is providing important details about the most recent supernova known to have exploded in the Milky Way. The explosion would have been visible from Earth a little more than a hundred years ago if it had not been heavily obscured by dust and gas. G1.9+0.3 was most likely created when a white dwarf star underwent a thermonuclear detonation and was destroyed - either after merging with another white dwarf or by pulling too much material from an orbiting companion star. The Chandra data show that most of the X-ray emission is "synchrotron radiation," produced by extremely energetic electrons accelerated in the rapidly expanding blast wave of the supernova. The new X-ray study also reveals that the explosion that created G1.9+0.3 was asymmetrical and unusually energetic. Creator: Chandra X-ray Observatory Center Date Created: 6/26/2013 Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Image ID: g19_xray Permanent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/g19/ View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
Headline | A supernova remnant in the Milky Way located about 28,000 light years from Earth |
Credit/Provider | X-ray (NASA/CXC/NCSU/K.Borkowski et al.); Optical (DSS) |
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Date and time of data generation | 26 June 2013 |
Width | 3,600 px |
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Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh) |
File change date and time | 09:03, 25 September 2013 |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Color space | sRGB |
Date metadata was last modified | 05:03, 25 September 2013 |
Date and time of digitizing | 11:28, 14 September 2012 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:14FEF3EB0F2068118DBB99BC377884F2 |
Keywords | G1.9+0.3 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA |
IIM version | 4 |