IC 443

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Object Details

Description

Supernova remnant IC 443 shows the ejecta distribution approximately 8400 years after the supernova occurred. The toroidal purple structure represents a molecular cloud of the interstellar medium with which the blast wave of the remnant interacts. The small pink sphere marks the position of the pulsar wind nebula, detected in X-rays.

Notes

Description Credit: Salvatore Orlando (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo) & NASA/CXC/SAO/A.Jubett et al.

Data Source

Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

dpo_3d_200124