Supernova Remnant Reveals Magnesium in Abundance

Instrument ACIS

Reference S. Park et al, 2003 Astrophys. J. 592, L41

Distance Estimate 160,000 light years (distance to Large Magellanic Cloud)

Also Known As SNR 0525-66.0

Release Date  March 24, 2004

Credit NASA/CXC/Penn State/S.Park et al. Scale Each panel is 3.25 arcmin per side

Category Supernovas and Supernova Remnants Coordinates (J2000) RA 05h 25m 26.04s | Dec -65º 59' 06.90“

Constellation Dorado Observation Date September 15, 2001

Observation Time 8.3 hoursObs. ID 1041

Color Code Energy (Left panel: Red 0.3-0.8keV, Green 0.8-1.5keV, Blue 1.5-3.0 keV; Right panel: Pink 0.3-3.0keV; Cyan/Blue = Mg)

Chandra Inside Glowing Ring

“Oxygen and neon are the most abundant elements in the remnant, evidence that the star that exploded was at least ten times as massive as the Sun.”

Color Code  Energy

(Red 0.35-0.75 keV, Green 0.75-0.99 keV, Blue 0.99 -3.0 keV)

What do you think the red in the image represents?

Celestial Illumination: The X-Ray Glow From An Exploded Star

A Chandra “blue blob”

Color Code Intensity:

X-ray (blue), Optical (green), Radio (red)

Inverted ChandraImage of N63A

“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. “

Color Code Energy:

Red 0.50 - 0.91 keV, Cyan 0.91 - 1.34 keV, Blue 1.34 - 3.00 keV

Color Code Energy:

Red 0.95-1.26 keV, Green 1.63-2.26 keV, Blue 4.1-6.1 keV

Load Chandra data into ds9 and use “energy cut” to show photons within a certain energy range. Save each energy cut as a separate .tiff file.

Load .tiff files made with ds9 showing “soft”, “medium” and “hard” x-rays into Image J to make final 3-color composite.

ds9

http://chandra-ed.harvard.edu

Image J

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