Chandra 3-Color X-ray Image of N 63A
Chandra's image of N63A shows material heated to about ten million degrees Celsius by a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. 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. The colours red, green and blue in the image correspond to low, medium and high-energy X-rays, respectively. The image is 112 arcsec per side
Credit:NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren et al.
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0507e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 June 2005, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0507 |
| Size: | 1875 x 1875 px |
About the Object
| Name: | DEM L 243, LHA 120-N 63A, SNR 0535-66.0 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
| Distance: | 150000 light years |
| Constellation: | Dorado |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 35 43.66 |
| Position (Dec): | -66° 2' 9.32" |
| Field of view: | 1.87 x 1.88 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| X-ray High energy X-ray | Chandra |
| X-ray Medium energy X-ray | Chandra |
| X-ray Low energy X-ray | Chandra |