File:Chandra X-ray Image of G21 5-0 9 with Scale Bar (1999-snrg-more-2).jpg
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Chandra X-ray Image of G21.5-0.9 with Scale Bar Scale bar = 1 arcmin
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[edit]DescriptionChandra X-ray Image of G21 5-0 9 with Scale Bar (1999-snrg-more-2).jpg |
English: Chandra X-ray Image of G21.5-0.9 with Scale Bar Scale bar = 1 arcmin. The identification of G21.5-0.9 as the remnant of a supernova explosion is based on indirect evidence from radio and X-ray observations. At both radio and X-ray wavelengths, it appears as round patch in the sky. Detailed observations with radio telescopes confirm that the radio waves are produced by high energy electrons spiraling around magnetic field lines (synchrotron radiation). The X-rays are probably produced by the same process, but the electrons involved have energies many thousands times higher than those that produce the radio waves. The favored theory is that the high-energy electrons responsible for both the radio and X-ray emission are produced by a rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron star left behind when a massive star exploded some 40,000 years ago. |
Date | 20 September 1999 (upload date) |
Source | Chandra X-ray Image of G21.5-0.9 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 | Scutum |
Coordinates (J2000) InfoField | RA 18h 33m 33.50s |
Distance Estimate InfoField | 20,000 light years |
Scale InfoField | 7.5 arcmin across. |
Instruments InfoField | ACIS |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Credit/Provider | NASA/CXC/SAO |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
Headline | A supernova remnant in the constellation Scutum. |
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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 | 09:55, 21 February 2013 |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 504 px |
Image height | 418 px |
Date metadata was last modified | 04:55, 21 February 2013 |
Date and time of digitizing | 04:46, 21 December 2012 |
Unique ID of original document | 818A36FC819D276E83A4CA1D74AD812F |
Keywords | G21.5-0.9 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA |
IIM version | 4 |
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