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Animations & Video
X-ray Sources: Supernovas & Pulsars
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Animation Of Crab Nebula Geometry And Structure
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This artist's conception shows how material from the rotating, magnetized neutron star at the heart of the Crab Nebula is flung outward and along the axis to form a thick ring and jets.
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(Animation: CXC/A.Hobart)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: Crab Nebula
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Crab Nebula 3-D Motion Simulation
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This simulation shows the Chandra X-ray image of the Crab Nebula which fades to a model that rotates, then fades back to the X-ray image. The model of wisp motions includes wisps moving into a +/- 5
degree wedge at 0.53c.
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(Animation: NASA/CXC/ASU/J.Hester et al.)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: Crab Nebula
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Animation Of Crab Pulsar Wind
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This animation shows how the combination of rapid rotation and a strong magnetic field produces an ultra high-speed flow of particles away from a neutron star. As the flow moves away, it is
concentrated along the poles and the equator of the neutron star. A shock wave, which shows up as a bright X-ray ring, marks the boundary between the equatorial flow and the surrounding nebula.
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(Animation: CXC/D.Berry)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: Crab Nebula
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Time-Lapse Movie Of Crab Pulsar Wind
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This movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in X-ray light by Chandra (left, blue) and optical light by Hubble (right,
red). The movie was made from 7 still images of Chandra and Hubble observations taken between November 2000 and April 2001. To produce a movie of reasonable length the
sequence was looped several times, as in looped weather satellite images. The inner ring is about one light year across.
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(Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/ASU/J.Hester et al.; Optical: NASA/HST/ASU/J.Hester et al.)
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Photo Album: Crab Nebula |
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Chandra Time-Lapse Movie Of Crab Pulsar Wind
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The movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in X-ray light by Chandra. The movie was made from 7 still
images of Chandra observations taken between November 2000 and April 2001. To produce a movie of reasonable length the sequence was looped several times, as in looped weather satellite images.
The inner ring is about one light year across.
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(Credit: NASA/CXC/ASU/J.Hester et al.)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: Crab Nebula |
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Hubble Time-Lapse Movie Of Crab Pulsar Wind
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The movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in optical light by Hubble. The movie was made from 24 Hubble observations made
between August 2000 and April 2001. To produce a movie of reasonable length the sequence was looped several times, as in looped weather satellite images.
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(Credit: NASA/HST/ASU/J.Hester et al.)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: Crab Nebula |
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DEM L71 Chandra Image Fade into Optical Image
The outer rim of this supernova remnant denotes the blast wave moving
out into the interstellar medium. This sequence, which shows the
Chandra image fade into the optical equivalent, shows how the X-ray data
is very similar to optical emission. DEM L71 presents a textbook
example of the double-shock structure expected to develop when a star
explodes and ejects matter at high speeds into the surrounding
interstellar gas.
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(Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J. Hughes et al; Optical: Rutgers Fabry-Perot)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: DEM L71 |
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CHANDRA & THE CRAB NEBULA
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Chandra's-eye view of the Crab nebula. First is a view of Chandra pointing toward the visible light image of the Crab nebula, and then zooming in with the X-ray view.
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(Animation: NASA)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: Crab Nebula
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DIAMOND RING SURROUNDS CRAB PULSAR
NASA Press Conference: After barely two months in space, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has taken a stunning image of the Crab Nebula, the spectacular remains of a stellar explosion, and has
revealed something never seen before: a brilliant ring around the nebula's heart.
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(Video: NASA)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: Crab Nebula
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CHANDRA'S FIRST LIGHT
NASA Press Conference: Extraordinary first images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory trace the aftermath of a gigantic stellar explosion in such stunning detail that scientists can see evidence
of what may be a neutron star or black hole near the center. Another image shows a powerful X-ray jet blasting 200,000 light years into intergalactic space from a distant quasar.
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(Video: NASA)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: First Light
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X-RAY PULSAR
As gaseous matter falls toward the surface of a neutron star it is compressed and heated to a temperature of about a hundred million degrees. As this hot column of material rotates, it produces a
lighthouse-like beam of X-rays that is observed as a regular pulsing source.
(Animation: CXC/Rutgers)
Field Guide: X-Ray Pulsar |
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Animation of Star Collapse
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When the core of a massive star collapses, a supernova explosion occurs and the collapsed core forms an extremely compact, rapidly spinning neutron star. Some theories propose that the neutrons could
dissolve into free quarks, causing the neutron star to shrink further and become a strange quark star. NASA has announced the detection of a possible strange quark star.
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(Animation: CXC/D.Berry)
Related Chandra Images:
Photo Album: RX J1856.5-3754 and 3C58
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