Detail View: NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection:
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ROSAT X-ray Image of Puppis A, Wide-Field
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Description:
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This X-ray image from the Roentgensatellite or ROSAT - a joint venture between Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States - may offer a view of a recently formed neutron stars' X-ray glow. Pictured is the supernova remnant Puppis A, one of the brightest sources in the X-ray sky, with shocked gas clouds still expanding and radiating X-rays. A faint pinpoint source of X-rays is visible (white dot near center) which is likely a young neutron star, kicked out by the asymmetric explosion and moving away from the site of the original supernova at about 600 miles per second. (Credit: NASA/GSFC/S.Snowden et al.)
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facet_what:
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Puppis
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facet_where:
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Germany
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UID:
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SPD-CHAND-photo/2006/puppisa/puppisa_xray_wf.tif
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original url:
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http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/puppisa/more.html
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