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SN 1006 Supernova Remnant Expansion Comparison

Comparison of visible hydrogen emission in the NW filament of SN 1006 in data taken at the CTIO 0.9m telescope (H-alpha, continuum-subtracted; Winkler, et al.) in 1998 (shown in green), and the Hubble ACS data (Raymond et. al) in 2006 (shown in red). The stellar background is fro...

Date: Jan 1, 2008
Mission: Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID: hubblesite-images-2008-22-2352-image

By Kakha Giorgashvili January 1, 2008

Credits

Illustration: NASA, ESA, and L. Frattare (STScI);
Science: Hubble data: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); CTIO data: Winkler/CTIO/NOAO/AURA

Image Details

About The Object
Object Name	SN 1006, SNR 327.6+14.6
Object Description	Remnant from 1006 A.D. Supernova Event
R.A. Position	15h 2m 48.39s
Dec. Position	-41° 54' 42.0"
Constellation	Lupus
Distance	6,850 light-years or 2,100 parsecs
About The Data
Data Description	HST Proposal: J. Raymond (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University), R. Sankrit (University of California, Berkeley), K. Korreck (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), and P. Ghavamian (STScI) and : K. Noll, H. Bond, C. Christian, L. Frattare, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, and W. Januszewski (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI) and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University).
Instrument	CTIO>Schmidt and HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFPC2
Exposure Dates	1998 (CTIO), February 2006 and April 2008, Exposure Time: 7.5 hour (HST)
Filters	WFPC2: F439W (B), F555W (V), and F814W (I) ACS: F658 N (H-alpha+[N II]) Schmidt