NOAO: Unusual Supernova Opens a Rare Window on the Collapse of a Star

The above image shows a long exposure of the SOAR telescope with overlaid illustrations of a highly magnetized neutron star (top left) and an accreting black hole (top right).

Credit:

D. Maturana & NOAO/AURA/NSF; Overlay (top left): NASA/Penn State University/Casey Reed; (top right): NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Type:Artwork
Release date:Jan. 10, 2019
Related releases:noao1902
Size:1772 x 1172 px

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