File:PIA21088 - Supernova SN 2014C (Optical and X-Ray), Unannotated Version.jpg

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English: This visible-light image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, where astronomers observed the unusual supernova SN 2014C .

The inset images are from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, showing a small region of the galaxy before the supernova explosion (left) and after it (right). Red, green and blue colors are used for low, medium and high-energy X-rays, respectively.

A version of this image without annotations is also available above. See PIA21089 for a related image.

For more Chandra images, multimedia and related materials, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/chandra.
Date 24 January 2017 (published)
Source Catalog page · Full-res (JPEG · TIFF)
Author X-ray images: NASA/CXC/CIERA/R.Margutti et al; Optical image: SDSS
This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: PIA21088.

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