Press Release, January 14, 2000
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The oxygen in supernova remnant E0102-72 is seen here shining brightly with X-rays of a single energy. The Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating/Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer creates a distinct image for each of the individual X-ray energies emitted by oxygen, neon and other elements ejected by the explosion.
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High
velocities measured |
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Elements
separated in X-rays |
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A color
close-up |
