M101 Mosaic
January 24th, 2024
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Grefenstette (Caltech)

Only four days after the explosion, NuSTAR observed the nearby core-collapse supernova SN2023ixf in M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. The NuSTAR X-ray data (green) shows the X-ray detection over of the supernova. The X-ray data are overlaid on an archival optical image (NOIRLab/KPNO, yellows and reds) that has been combined with a far-UV image from GALEX (blue).

Image processing: R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)

Observation

About the Object

Name
M101
Type
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
Distance
21,000,000 Light Years
Redshift
0.000804

Color Mapping

Band Wavelength Telescope
X-ray 20.7 keV NuSTAR
UV 150 nm GALEX
Optical 440 nm WIYN-0.9m
Optical 650 nm WIYN-0.9m

Astrometrics

Position (J2000)
RA = 14h 3m 30.0s
Dec = 54° 6' 15.4"
Field of View
33.1 x 32.5 arcminutes
Orientation
North is 89.7° left of vertical