Chandra & Cassiopeia A in the most detailed image ever made

Yahoo News Photos ^ | 8/24/04 | Reuters/NASA

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This image shows Cassiopeia A in the most detailed image ever made of the remains of an exploded star. The colors represent different ranges of X-rays with red, green, and blue representing, low, medium, and higher X-ray energies of the supernova remnant. The one million second image shows a bright outer ring (green) ten light years in diameter that marks the location of a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. A large jet-like structure that protrudes beyond the shock wave can be seen in the upper left. Chandra was launched July 23, 1999, aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The data for this new Cassiopeia A image were obtained by Chandra's Advanced Charged Coupled Device Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) instrument during the first half of 2004. (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) REUTERS/NASA (news - web sites)/CXC/GSFC/U.Hwang et al./HO

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Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO)

[1rudeboy]

bttt

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http://chandra.harvard.edu/

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A large jet-like structure that protrudes beyond the shock wave can be seen in the upper left.

very hand-like .. hmmmm :-\

[My2Cents]

Looks like the bug that hit my windshield last evening.

[Faraday]

One million seconds = 11.57 days

[yoe]

A beautiful picture, thanks.

At first I thought it was a picture of the Kerry Campaign with Kerry's hand in the upper left................

[NormsRevenge]

lol

Chandra Enhanced Silicon Image of Cassiopeia A

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[Shryke]

This article is BS. That's a booger.

[NormsRevenge]

kind of looks like a blue jellyfish

[AmishDude]

Speaking of Chandra, whatever happened to Gary Condit?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Amazing !!!

I have got to get back to reading "100 Billion Suns" .

Got half way thru and have not finished it yet!

[Awestruck]

just beatiful! how could anyone look at those and think they aren't the work of an all powerful deity?

[NormsRevenge]

I was hoping to read a book or two on the cruise but we get to use the internet onboard for cheap..

I must be about 10 books behind in Clancy and I really need to pick up WEB Griffin's latest Corps book in paperback if its out soon..

I usually carry a star guide with me, night viewing at sea if the skies are clear is great.

At least I'll get to make it for the Labor Day FReepathon FRom sea.. as long we don't hit choppy seas :-)

[NormsRevenge]

The heavens are full of his glory... Hubble and Chandra have confirmed it again and again..

[MPJackal]

Kinda looks like Elton John is in there.

[biblewonk]

Look! A baby Demon!

[gcruse]

By relaxing my eyes a smidgen, this image goes 3D for me. Or maybe it's that tab of acid I dropped at lunch.

[My2Cents]

I have a file of astro photos on my computer (picked up mostly from FR's own "Astronomy Photo of the Day" thread), and I occasionally make the file my screen saver. Everyone who visits and happens by my computer as it's scrolling through the photos are awestruck at the beauty of these celestial objects. Frankly, there isn't a better reason to get into amateur astronomy than for the pure asthetics of the hobby.

[My2Cents]

I have got to get back to reading "100 Billion Suns". Got half way thru...

So, you made it through 50 billion suns?