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
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Telescope | VLA; Chandra |
Band | C; - |
Date | 2006-09-09; - |
Field of View | 2.6 x 2 arcminutes |
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