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NGC 2403: Ground-based and Hubble View
This composite image shows a ground-based image of NGC 2403 and the location of a 10,000 light-year-wide square region imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. The area is host to Supernova 2004dj, the closest explosion of a massive star in over a dec...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2004
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2004-23-1571-image
This composite image shows a ground-based image of NGC 2403 and the location of a 10,000 light-year-wide square region imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. The area is host to Supernova 2004dj, the closest explosion of a massive star in over a decade, which blazes with the light of 200 million Suns.
Credits
NOAO/AURA/NSF, C. Olson, J. Lapre and A. Block (NOAO)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | SN 2004dj, NGC 2403 |
| Object Description | Supernova in spiral galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 07h 36m 57.22s |
| Dec. Position | 65° 36' 21.53" |
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Distance | Approximately 11 million light-years (3.4 Megaparsecs) |
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Source
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