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Compass and Scale Image for SN 2012Z in NGC 1309
CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2014
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2014-32-3391-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Supernova 2012Z, NGC 1309 |
| Object Description | Supernova in Spiral Galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 03h 22m 05s.2880 |
| Dec. Position | -15° 23' 49".34 |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Distance | 100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | Hubble data for this release were obtained from the following proposals: , , , and 12880: A. Riess (JHU/STScI) et al. : K. Noll (NASA/GSFC) et al. : S. Jha (Rutgers University) et al. The science team comprises: C. McCully and S. Jha (Rutgers University), R. Foley (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), L. Bildsten (University of California, Santa Barbara/ Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics) W.-f. Fong and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian/CfA), G. Marion (University of Texas, Austin and Harvard-Smithsonian/CfA), A. Riess (JHU/STScI) and M. Stritzinger (Aarhus University, Denmark). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | 2005 - 2006 and 2013 |
| Filters | NGC 1309 and 2005-2006 inset image: ACS/WFC: F435W (B) F555W (V), and F814W (I) 2013 inset image: WFC3/UVIS: F555W (V); F625W (R), and F814W (I) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS/WFC and WFC3/UVIS instruments. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image as follows: Image of NGC 1309 and 2005-2006 inset image: Blue: F435W (B) Green: F555W (V) Red: F814W (I) 2013 inset image: Blue: F555W (V) Green: F625W (R) Red: F814W (I) |
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