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More Images of SN 1987A
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Chandra/Hubble composite image of
SN1987A
This Chandra X-ray image of SN 1987A made in January
2000 shows an expanding shell of hot gas produced by
the supernova explosion. The colors represent different
intensities of X-ray emission, with white being the
brightest. Also shown are the contours from a Hubble
Space Telescope optical image taken on 2 February
2000.
Scale: The optical ring is
1.2 x 1.6 arcsec, corresponding to 1.0 x 1.3 light
years
(Credit: X-ray:
NASA/PSU/D.Burrows et al.; Optical: NASA/CfA/P.Challis
et al.)
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Four Recent Images of
SN1987A
Upper left: Hubble Space Telescope optical image taken
2 February 2000;
Upper right: Australian Telescope Compact Array radio
image from 9 September 1999;
Lower right: Chandra image from 17 January 2000;
Lower left: Chandra image from 6 October 1999.
(Credit: Optical:
NASA/CfA/P.Challis et al; Radio: MIT/ATN/Gaensler &
Manchester; X-ray: NASA/PSU/D. Burrows et al.)
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Chandra X-ray Image with Scale
Bar
Scale bar = 1 arcsec
(Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/PSU/D.
Burrows et al)
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