Pulsar Wind Nebula

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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

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Original TIFF	2550 x 1964
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