High Resolution X-ray Image of the Vela Pulsar Compact Nebula

Craig Markwardt, University of Wisconsin at Madison

05 Dec 1997

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Below is an image of the Vela compact nebula, as seen by the Rosat High Resolution Imager. It is a composite of over 2 years of observations with the HRI. The scale on the axes is half-arcseconds. I know it's a funny scale, but those are the ROSAT sky coordinates! Overlaid in white are contours of constant radio intensity at 6 cm, kindly provided by Dale Frail of the NRAO.

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Maintained by: Craig Markwardt / craigmnet@astrog.physics.wisc.edu / 05 December 1997