ASCA image of SN1006

This false color composite picture of the bright supernova remnant SN1006 was taken with the CCD cameras aboard the Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA). The supernova remnant was formed after a star in our Galaxy exploded. The expanding gas from the star is colliding into the surrounding material. This collision produced a violent shock which generates X-ray light. White represents high X-ray emission while blue represents low X-ray emission. The bright regions in the picture shows the locations of this shock.

Photo Credit: Dr. Eric V. Gotthelf, USRA/GSFC/NASA. Copyright 1996. The Journal Nature. The above author grants permission to reproduce part or all of this image for non-commercial educational use only so long as the photo credit and copyright are displayed.

This image shows that most of the X-ray emission:

Is not visible to the naked eye

b) Is thermal bremsstrahlung emission

c) Is synchrotron emission

d) Is generated in the outer edges of the remnant