viernes, 25 de julio de 2014

NASA : Chandra Celebrates 15th Anniversary: Supernova Remnant 3C58


Chandra Celebrates 15th Anniversary: Supernova Remnant 3C58
 
3C58 is the remnant of a supernova observed in the year 1181 AD by Chinese and Japanese astronomers. This new Chandra image shows the center of 3C58, which contains a rapidly spinning neutron star surrounded by a thick ring, or torus, of X-ray emission. The pulsar also has produced jets of X-rays blasting away from it to both the left and right, and extending trillions of miles. These jets are responsible for creating the elaborate web of loops and swirls revealed in the X-ray data. These features, similar to those found in the Crab, are evidence that 3C58 and others like it are capable of generating both swarms of high-energy particles and powerful magnetic fields. In this image, low, medium, and high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra are red, green, and blue respectively.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/SAO
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Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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