File:PIA21088 - Supernova SN 2014C (Optical And X-Ray).jpg
The inset images are from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, showing a small region of the galaxy before the supernova explosion (left) and after it (right). Red, green and blue colors are used for low, medium and high-energy X-rays, respectively.
A version of this image without annotations is also available above. See PIA21089 for a related image.
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