MUSE view of the surroundings of a hidden neutron star in the Small Magellanic Cloud
This new picture from the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile shows how an elusive missing object was found amid a complex tangle of gaseous filaments in one of our nearest neighbouring galaxies, the Small Magellanic Cloud.
The wisps of gas forming the supernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219 show up in blue, but the red ring in the MUSE data, revealing glowing neon and oxygen forms, is perfectly centred on an X-ray source — an isolated neutron star with a weak magnetic field, the first identified outside the Milky Way.
Źródło:ESO/F. Vogt et al.
O zdjęciu
Identyfikator: | eso1810c |
Typ: | Obserwacje |
Data publikacji: | 5 kwietnia 2018 17:00 |
Powiązane komunikaty: | eso1810 |
Rozmiar: | 909 x 909 px |
O obiekcie
Nazwa: | 1E 0102.2-7219 |
Typ: | Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star |
Constellation: | Tucana |
Kategoria: | Stars |
Współrzędne
Pozycja (RA): | 1 4 3.11 |
Pozycja (Dec): | -72° 1' 52.12" |
Pole widzenia: | 1.01 x 1.01 arcminutes |
Orientacja: | North is 0.0° lewo of vertical |
Kolory i filtry
Pasmo | Długość fali | Teleskop |
---|---|---|
Optyczny OIII | 495 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Optyczny OI | 777 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Optyczny OIII | 500 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Optyczny V | 547 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Optyczny R | 634 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Optyczny I | 879 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Optyczny NeI | 640 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |