Astro 1: `Slides' for Class 15 - Supernova Remnants



Supernova 1006 - X-ray image from ROSAT





The Crab supernova remnant - Supernova 1054 - Optical image





The Crab pulsar - Supernova 1054 - X-ray image from Chandra





Tycho's supernova remnant - Supernova 1572 - X-ray image from ROSAT





Kepler's supernova remnant - Supernova 1604 - X-ray image from ROSAT





The Vela supernova remnant - Note the labeled shrapnel - X-ray image from ROSAT





Supernova 1993J in the nearby galaxy M81 - X-ray images from ROSAT





Supernova 1987A in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud - Optical image from the Hubble Space Telescope





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