[ Back to EurekAlert! ]

Contact: Jeff Sherwood
jeff.sherwood@hq.doe.gov
202-586-4826
DOE/US Department of Energy

Radio Image

Caption: This map of CTA 1's 1420 MHz radio emission highlights the remnant's expanding shell. The shell is about three times the apparent size of a Full Moon.

Credit: NASA/S. Pineault, DRAO

Usage Restrictions: None

Related news release: First gamma-ray-only pulsar observation opens new window on stellar evolution


[ Back to EurekAlert! ]