Radio Image (IMAGE)

DOE/US Department of Energy

Radio Image

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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.

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NASA/S. Pineault, DRAO

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