Multiwavelength Astronomy Multimedia


Title

Sizzling Remains of a Dead Star

Description

This new view of the historical supernova remnant Cassiopeia A was taken by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. Blue indicates where NuSTAR has made the first resolved image ever of this source at the highest energy X-ray light, between 10 and 20 kiloelectron volts. Red and green show the lower end of NuSTAR's energy range, which overlaps with NASA's high-resolution Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Facility

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

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Subject

  • Cassiopeia A
  • Supernova Remnant

Spectral Type

X-ray

Credits

NASA/JPL-Caltech/DSS

Type

Collage

Associated Lesson

Gamma Ray Science

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Grant Nos. NNX09AD33G and NNX10AE80G issued through the SMD ROSES 2009 Program.

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