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)
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array science operations center is located on the campus of the California Institute of Technology
