Introducing Astronomy by Iain Nicolson

Author:Iain Nicolson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dunedin Academic Press Ltd

Figure 7.8 Supernova remnants: A, this composite x-ray, visible and infrared image of the Crab Nebula shows expanding filaments of debris from the explosion which created the nebula and the neutron star at its heart. Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F. Seward; Optical: NASA/ESA/ASU/J. Hester & A. Loll; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. Minn./R. Gehrz. B, Kepler’s supernova remnant is the debris from a Type Ia supernova that was seen by Kepler in 1604, and which was caused by the destruction of a white dwarf. Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/NCSU/M. Burkley et al.; Optical: DSS.

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