Pulsar Wind Nebula
This beautiful cloud of gas exploded outward when the star in its center went supernova and turned into a pulsar. The sliced-apple appearance of the expanding cloud is caused by the pulsar pushing the gas outward in bulges.
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF and NASA/CXC
| Technical Details | |
|---|---|
| Telescope | VLA; Chandra |
| Band | C; - |
| Date | 2006-09-09; - |
| Field of View | 2.6 x 2 arcminutes |
