we have eliminated all currently recognized instrumental artifacts in the final data sets upon which we base the analysis herein.

An Image of the Vela Pulsar
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A global view of the Vela pulsar and its environment as seen by the  HRC is presented in Figure 1. The pulsar is embedded in a complex region of previously resolved thermal X-ray emission from the Vela supernova remnant that is present throughout this image and extends far beyond its boundaries. The X-ray jet noted by Markwardt and Ogelman (1995) is essentially overresolved in this image and extends far to the south of the image boundary; it is evident as a faint enhancement in the diffuse emission extending to the southeast and south of the bright pulsar nebula.

The superb spatial resolution of the  HRC provides the first look at the structure of the synchrotron nebula in the immediate vicinity of ; Figure 2 shows an image constructed from the two observations which have been centered on the pulsar and summed. The bright point source representing the pulsar has an extent roughly consistent with the local PSF. Apparently emanating from the pulsar, towards the southeast, is a linear, jet-like feature $10^{\prime\prime}$ in length. 