Inside Out

  • Released Thursday, September 20, 2012
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 11080

This 3D data visualization shows heavier elements, such as iron (green), at the outer limits of the debris zone.

This 3D data visualization shows heavier elements, such as iron (green), at the outer limits of the debris zone.



Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
Science@NASA and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Image of Cassiopeia A in many colors courtesy of X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScl; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Steward/O.Krause et al.
3D Fly-Through of Cassiopeia A visualization courtesy of NASA/CXC/D. Berry; Model: NASA/CXC/MIT/T. Delaney et al.
Chandra X-Ray image of Cassiopeia A courtesy of NASA/CXC/UNAM/Ioffe/D.Page, P. Shternin et al.
Chandra Optical image of Cassiopeia A from Hubble courtesy of NASA/STScI
Illustration of distribution of elements courtesy of NASA/CXC/M. Weiss
Chandra X-Ray element map courtesy of NASA/CXC/GSFC/U. Hwang & J. Laming
3D Visualization still image of Cassiopeia A courtesy of NASA/CXC/MIT/T.Delaney et al.


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