N132D supernova remnant

 

The brightest supernova remnant in the Magellanic Clouds, N132D, belongs to the rare class of oxygen-rich remnants, about a dozen objects that show optical emission from pure heavy-element ejecta. They originate in explosions of massive stars that produce large amounts of oxygen, although only a tiny fraction of that oxygen is found to emit at optical wavelengths.

 

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