The remnant of the supernova SN 1006 seen at many different wavelengths
This remarkable image was created from pictures taken by different telescopes in space and on the ground. It shows the thousand-year-old remnant of the brilliant SN 1006 supernova, as seen in radio (red), X-ray (blue) and visible light (yellow).
Credit:Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell, X-ray: Chandra X-ray Observatory; NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G. Cassam-Chena†ï, J. Hughes et al., Visible light: 0.9-metre Curtis Schmidt optical telescope; NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO/Middlebury College/F. Winkler and Digitized Sky Survey.
About the Image
Id: | eso1308b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 14 February 2013, 20:00 |
Related releases: | eso1308 |
Size: | 3311 x 3311 px |
About the Object
Name: | SN 1006 |
Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
Distance: | 7000 light years |
Constellation: | Centaurus |
Category: | • Nebulae |
Wallpapers
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 15 2 52.32 |
Position (Dec): | -41° 55' 31.47" |
Field of view: | 55.54 x 55.54 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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X-ray | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
Optical | 0.9-metre Curtis Schmidt |
Radio | Green Bank Telescope |
Radio | Very Large Array |
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