The red shows the neutral hydrogen gas mapped with CSIRO's Australia Telescope Compact Array and Parkes radio telescope, while the blue dot represents Chandra X-ray Observatory data showing the magnetar. The gas void around the magnetar is 110 by 75 light years wide. Credit: ATNF/CXC/B. Gaensler (CfA).

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