2020Cassiopeia A
Chandra
Exploded stars · 2024
Cassiopeia A — 25 years
Chandra’s first-light object, revisited
- Distance
- 11,000 light-years
- Telescopes
- Chandra, Webb, Hubble, Spitzer
Cas A was one of the first things Chandra looked at in 1999. Twenty-five years later, Chandra, Webb, Hubble, and Spitzer sonify it from the inside out.
What you’re hearing
The scan starts at the neutron star in the middle and moves outward. Piano for X-rays, strings and brass for warmed dust, with stars and background galaxies as extra percussion.
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NASA sourceNASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
