neutron-new.jpg — NASA NICER neutron-star surface visualization
Source page: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13240/
Source image: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013200/a013240/NeutronStar2Spots144r1_00108.png
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab
Released: December 12, 2019
NASA-produced scientific visualization. Source is a NASA visualization, not a resolved photograph.
Description: J0030+0451 spot-and-crescent surface model viewed 144 degrees from the spin axis; Amsterdam-led NICER model reports 25.4 km physical diameter, 1.3 solar masses. Artist-rendered surface appearance and hot-spot layout are informed by NICER observations.
JPEG converted from the original NASA PNG without changing pixel dimensions (7680 x 4320). No invented surface detail or generated image content.
Measured visible disc center: (3840,2160); radius approximately 782 pixels. Recommended crop in original pixels: x=3048, y=1368, width=1584, height=1584. Circular mask diameter 1564 pixels (fraction 0.98737 of crop), only minimal anti-aliasing; do not include the external blue halo in physical diameter.
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