Tycho's Supernova Remnant
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: MPIA, Calar Alto, O. Krause et al.
Posted on 03/17/2009 8:35:06 AM PDT by sig226
Explanation: What star created this huge puffball? Pictured above is the best multi-wavelength image yet of Tycho's supernova remnant, the result of a stellar explosion first recorded over 400 years ago by the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe. The above image is a composite of an X-ray image taken by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, an infrared image taken by the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope, and an optical image taken by the 3.5-meter Calar Alto telescope located in southern Spain. The expanding gas cloud is extremely hot, while slightly different expansion speeds have given the cloud a puffy appearance. Although the star that created SN 1572, is likely completely gone, a star dubbed Tycho G, too dim to be easily discerned here, is being studied as the possible companion. Finding progenitor remnants of Tycho's supernova is particularly important because the supernova was recently determined to be of Type Ia. The peak brightness of Type Ia supernovas is thought to be well understood, making them quite valuable in calibrating how our universe dims distant objects.
I take it that is the president bowling?
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Thanks potlatch
I can just imagine what your plans are!
Imagination is funny, lol.
Too many ideas, too many irons in the fire, can’t get to half of them!
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Better than no ideas!
But a good idea one day may fade out and not interest me a couple days later. Takes time and topics can change fast.
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Yup
That one is a <table BG
I-M wuz not exiting after compositing
Your TP ones with the ‘Starz’ are always pretty. That BG may have been your major ‘find’!!
Remember I couldn’t composite in IM a week or so ago, tried and tried.
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I have been able to composite at the I-M Studio site
But no go at 3 sites today
Some days it does and some it doesn’t it seems. This is Friday night, probably more using it right now.
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Right
Lots of pro use it too - for light and shadow FX on photograph areas
[Lots of pro use it too]
You think? I would think they have good Photoshop programs that do hundreds of things and you can get extra plug-ins too for special effects.
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