SNR 0103-72.6: Chandra Finds Rich Oxygen Supply Inside Glowing Ring
This striking 2003 Chandra image of supernova remnant SNR 0103-72.6 reveals a nearly perfect ring about 150 light years in diameter surrounding a cloud of gas enriched in oxygen and shock heated to millions of degrees Celsius. The ring marks the outer limits of a shock wave produced as material ejected in the supernova explosion plows into the interstellar gas. The size of the ring indicates that we see the supernova remnant as it was about 10,000 years after its progenitor star exploded.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/PSU/S.Park et al.
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SNR 0103-72.6: Chandra Finds Rich Oxygen Supply Inside Glowing Ring
This striking 2003 Chandra image of supernova remnant SNR 0103-72.6 reveals a nearly perfect ring about 150 light years in diameter surrounding a cloud of gas enriched in oxygen and shock heated to millions of degrees Celsius. The ring marks the outer limits of a shock wave produced as material ejected in the supernova explosion plows into the interstellar gas. The size of the ring indicates that we see the supernova remnant as it was about 10,000 years after its progenitor star exploded.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/PSU/S.Park et al.
#NASA #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #MSFC #Marshall #chandraxrayobservatory #ChandraXRay #cxo #chandra #astronomy #space #astrophysics #nasamarshallspaceflightcenter #solarsystemandbeyond #supernova
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