Fermi Explores Supernova Remnants
- Visualizations by:
- Scott Wiessinger
- Written by:
- Francis Reddy
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Supernova Remnant video showing specific remnants and their appearance at different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
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Fermi mapped GeV-gamma-ray emission regions (magenta) in the W44 supernova remnant. The features clearly align with filaments detectable in other wavelengths. This composite merges X-rays (blue) from the Germany-led ROSAT mission, infrared (red) from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and radio (orange) from the Very Large Array near Socorro, N.M.
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Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration, CXC/SAO/JPL-Caltech/Steward/O. Krause et al., and NRAO/AUI

Cas A multiwavelength view
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Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration, ROSAT, JPL-Caltech, and NRAO/AUI
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See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/cosmic-rays-source.html
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
Animator
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Graphics
- Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park)
Science writer
- Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park) [Lead]
Scientist
- Stefan Funk (KIPAC)
Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle)
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Datasets used in this visualization
Fermi (Collected with the LAT sensor)
Fermi Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT)
Dataset can be found at: http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov
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