Best Supernova Remnant
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The Crab Nebula, designated M1, represents the spectacular aftermath of a supernova observed in 1054 AD. This expanding cloud of gas and dust originates from a star’s violent death, now centered around a rapidly rotating pulsar. The nebula's immense size and complex structure provide valuable insigh...
The SN 1987A remnant is a glowing nebula formed by the explosion of a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This supernova event, occurring in 1987, created a vast cloud of expanding gas and dust—the most studied supernova remnant to date. It’s notable for its complex structure and provides valuable i...
A supernova remnant in Cygnus formed by a stellar explosion estimated to have occurred 10,000–20,000 years ago, now spanning approximately 110 light-years across the sky.
A large supernova remnant in Cygnus spanning about 3 degrees on the sky, formed roughly 10,000 years ago and encompassing the well-known Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle.
A narrow, bright filament within the Vela supernova remnant about 815 light-years away, formed where the ancient blast wave collides with denser surrounding gas, producing its pencil-like shape.
A faint filamentary section of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant named after Harvard astronomer Edward Pickering but actually discovered photographically by Williamina Fleming in 1904.
A supernova remnant spanning roughly 3 degrees across Taurus and Auriga, discovered at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in 1952 and noted for its intricate filamentary web.
A supernova remnant in Gemini estimated to be between 3,000 and 30,000 years old, containing a pulsar wind nebula and notable for its interaction with surrounding molecular clouds.
A supernova remnant in Centaurus containing pulsar PSR B1509-58, whose Chandra X-ray Observatory image shows extended emission strikingly shaped like a human hand.
The remnant of a supernova first observed in April 1006 CE, the brightest stellar event in recorded history, documented by astronomers across China, Egypt, Switzerland, and the Arab world.
A supernova remnant in Aquila notable for containing the microquasar SS 433, whose relativistic jets have distorted the remnant into its elongated, manatee-like shape.
A faint supernova remnant in Cassiopeia associated with pulsar PSR J0002+6216, discovered in 2017, which is traveling at over 1,000 km/s away from the explosion site.
A young oxygen-rich supernova remnant in Centaurus and one of only three such remnants confirmed in the Milky Way, notable for fast-moving ejecta and a central pulsar wind nebula.
A supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud and one of its brightest X-ray sources, embedded within the active star-forming complex N63.
A Crab Nebula-analog pulsar wind nebula powered by a young energetic pulsar, and one of a small class of confirmed composite supernova remnants with a bright central synchrotron core.
