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TitleTime lapse video of soft gamma-ray repeater J1550-5418 over six days, captured by the Swift space telescope DescriptionSwift's X-Ray Telescope (XRT) captured an apparent expanding halo around the flaring neutron star SGR J1550-5418. The halo formed as X-rays from the brightest flares scattered off of intervening dust clouds. The animation shows the glow of the halo pulsing and dispersing over six days in January 2009. FacilitySwift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer InstrumentX-Ray Telescope (XRT) Subject
Spectral TypeX-ray CreditsNASA/Swift/Jules Halpern, Columbia Univ. TypeSimulation Associated LessonGamma Ray Impact |
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