File:Swift_j1818_inset.jpg
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English: This image contains an exceptional magnetar, a type of neutron star with very powerful magnetic fields. Astronomers have found evidence that this object may be the youngest known magnetar (about 500 years old in Earth's timeframe). It is also the fastest rotating one yet discovered (spinning about 1.4 times per second). This image shows the magnetar in X-rays from Chandra (purple) at the center of the image in combination with Spitzer and WISE infrared data showing the wider field of view. Magnetars form when a massive star runs out of nuclear fuel and its core collapses onto itself. |
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Source | https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/j1818/ |
Author | X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of West Virginia/H. Blumer; Infrared (Spitzer and Wise): NASA/JPL-CalTech/Spitzer |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
Headline | In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic objects with the discovery of a magnetar. New Chandra observations help support the idea that it is also a pulsar. |
Credit/Provider | X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of West Virginia/H. Blumer; Infrared (Spitzer and Wise): NASA/JPL-CalTech/Spitzer |
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Date and time of data generation | 8 January 2021 |
Orientation | Normal |
Exif version | 2.31 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Unique ID of original document | 1B9BF496E756DA17254E0E2D4D307D74 |
Date metadata was last modified | 07:01, 12 February 2021 |
Keywords | J1818.0-1607 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA |
IIM version | 4 |
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