Supernova remnant and neutron star. Composite image of the supernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219 surrounding a neutron star in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The reddish background image comes from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and reveals the wisps of gas forming the supernova remnant (green). The red ring with a dark centre (lower centre) is from the MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) instrument on the European Southern Observatory (ESO)'s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The blue and purple images are from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The blue spot at the centre of the red ring is an isolated neutron star with a weak magnetic field, the first identified outside the Milky Way. The Small Magellanic Cloud is around 200, 000 light years from Earth, with this supernova remnant in the constellation of Tucana. Image published in 2018. See also images C040/2808 and C040/2810. | |
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