File:Supernovas Portrait Gallery (1999-snrg - pulsarV2BBB).jpg

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Chandra X-ray Image of PSR 0540-69

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Description	English: PSR 0540-69 is a neutron star, or pulsar, that is rotating very rapidly, making a complete rotation every one-twentieth of a second. It is similar in many ways to the famous Crab Nebula pulsar. Both objects are spinning rapidly, are about 1,000 years old and are surrounded by a large cloud of gas and high-energy particles. The surrounding cloud in both cases is powered by the conversion of rotational energy of the neutron star into high energy particles through the combined action of rapid rotation and a strong magnetic field. PSR 0540-69 is 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one the Milky Way's small satellite galaxies.
Date	20 September 1999 (upload date)
Source	Supernovas Portrait Gallery
Author	NASA/SAO
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Category InfoField	Supernovas & Supernova Remnants, Neutron Stars/X-ray Binaries
Color Code InfoField	Intensity
Constellation InfoField	Dorado
Coordinates (J2000) InfoField	RA 05h 40m 11s
Distance Estimate InfoField	160,000 light years
Scale InfoField	2 arcmin across.
Instruments InfoField	HRC

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Image title	PSR 0540-69 is a neutron star, or pulsar, that is rotating very rapidly, making a complete rotation every one-twentieth of a second. It is similar in many ways to the famous Crab Nebula pulsar. Both objects are spinning rapidly, are about 1,000 years old and are surrounded by a large cloud of gas and high-energy particles. The surrounding cloud in both cases is powered by the conversion of rotational energy of the neutron star into high energy particles through the combined action of rapid rotation and a strong magnetic field. PSR 0540-69 is 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one the Milky Way's small satellite galaxies.
Author	Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Credit/Provider	NASA/CXC/SAO
Source	Chandra X-ray Observatory
Headline	A pulsar and supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Short title	Supernova Portrait Gallery
Usage terms	http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Date and time of data generation	20 September 1999
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	1,200 dpi
Vertical resolution	1,200 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
File change date and time	10:03, 21 February 2013
Exif version	2.21
Color space	sRGB
Image width	929 px
Image height	929 px
Date metadata was last modified	05:03, 21 February 2013
Date and time of digitizing	04:46, 21 December 2012
Unique ID of original document	D450C04A8CFEEE90FE9B729A598A23AD
Keywords	PSR 0540-69
Contact information	cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu http://chandra.harvard.edu 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA 617.496.7941
IIM version	4

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