[petuniasevan]

Supernova remnants are spectacular objects at short wavelengths. Click on the pics for the full-sized images:

Images

3C 58 neutron star - Chandra

Cas A - Chandra first light image

Chemical Segregation in Cas A - Chandra ACIS

Cas A - Chandra

Cat's Eye Nebula: NGC 6543 - HST/Chandra

The Crab Nebula -Einstein HRI images show the X-ray pulsar

Crab Nebula - ROSAT & Chandra

Crab Nebula - Chandra

Crab Nebula - Chandra, VLA, HST

CXOM31 J004327.7+411829 - Chandra

Cygnus Loop - ROSAT HRI & PSPC

Cygnus Loop - PSPC mosaic image and HRI mosaic

Cygnus Loop - HRI mosaic

DEM L71 - Chandra/Rutgers Fabry-Perot

E0102-72.3 - Chandra/HST/ATCA

E0102-72 - Chandra

G 11.2-0.3 - Chandra ACIS

G54.1+0.3 - Chandra

G54.1+0.3 - Chandra

G292.0+1.8 - Chandra

SN G320.4-1.2 - Chandra

IC443 - ASCA

IC443 Neutron Star - Chandra ACIS

Edge of N132D - Chandra

N132D - XMM-Newton EPIC

N132D - Chandra

N132D - Chandra

Early image of Puppis A - rocket-borne instrument (also ROSAT HRI)

Puppis A - ROSAT image with the neutron star discovery

ROSAT images of SNR

SN 1006 - ASCA

First X-rays from SN1987A - ROSAT PSPC

SN1987A - Chandra w/ HST contours

SN1987A - Optical, Radio & X-ray

SN 1993j(in M81) - ASCA

SN2002ap - XMM-Newton

Tycho and Cas A - Chandra

Tycho supernova remnant (SN 1572) - ROSAT HRI

Tycho in silicon, calcium, sulfur and iron - XMM-Newton

Vela - ROSAT PSPC

Vela SNR central region - ROSAT PSPC & Chandra

Above table and images courtesy of HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center)

[petuniasevan]

[RightWhale]

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