
This is a composite image of N49, the brightest supernova remnant in optical light in the Large Magellanic Cloud; the image combines data from the Chandra X-ray Telescope blue and NASA Spitzer Space Telescope red.
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NASA ID
PIA09071
Date Created
December 8, 2006
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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