From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Oct 23 2007 - 12:42:43 PDT
>From: Chandra X-ray Center <cxcpub_at_cfa.harvard.edu>
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>To: chandradigest <chandradigest_at_head.cfa.harvard.edu>
>Subject: Chandra Digest (Oct 23) G292
>Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:54:47 -0400
>
>--- Tuesday, October 23, 2007 ---
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>**G292.0+1.8: Stellar Forensics with Striking Image from Chandra
>A spectacular new image shows how complex a star's afterlife can be. By
>studying the details of this image made from a long observation by NASA's
>Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers can better understand how some stars
>die and disperse elements like oxygen into the next generation of stars and
>planets.
>http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/g292/
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>
>**Chandra Chronicles: Solving the 26-year-old Puzzle of M33 X-7
>The announcement of M33 X-7 as the heaviest stellar black hole was made in
>a flash - the second that Nature's embargo expired - but the struggle to
>understand this record-breaking binary system lasted 26 years. That's long
>enough for the black hole and its companion to dance around each other more
>than 2500 times! Like many puzzles, it involved a few mistakes and a
>healthy dose of luck, as revealed in the story behind the discovery.
>http://chandra.harvard.edu/chronicle/0407/m33x7/
>
>**Chandra Podcast:
>In A Galaxy Far, Far Away and Also Those Nearby (09-28-2007)
>"In a galaxy far, far away…” These are some of the most famous words in
>movie history. But what do we already know about galaxies, and what do
>astronomers, like those using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, still hope to
>learn about them?
>http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/podcasts/
>
>**Desktop of the Week:
>Cas A: Cassiopeia A is the most detailed image ever made of the remains of
>an exploded star.
>http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/desktops_year.html?year=2006#casa
>
>**Video of the Week:
>When a massive star explodes, it creates a shell of hot gas that glows
>brightly in X-rays.
>http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/animations/snr.html?page=1#anim_3
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