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Región conmocionada alrededor de SN 1987A

This image shows the entire region around supernova 1987A. The most prominent feature in the image is a ring with dozens of bright spots. A shock wave of material unleashed by the stellar blast is slamming into regions along the ring's inner regions, heating them up, and causing...

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Jan 1, 2010
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Hubble Space Telescope
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This image shows the entire region around supernova 1987A. The most prominent feature in the image is a ring with dozens of bright spots. A shock wave of material unleashed by the stellar blast is slamming into regions along the ring's inner regions, heating them up, and causing them to glow. The ring, about a light-year across, was probably shed by the star about 20,000 years before it exploded.

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NASA, ESA, K. France (University of Colordo, Boulder), and P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

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About The Object
Object NameSN 1987A
Object DescriptionSupernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
R.A. Position05h 35m 27.87s
Dec. Position-69° 16' 10.48"
ConstellationDorado
DistanceApproximately 160,000 light-years (49 kiloparsecs) away
About The Data
Data DescriptionACS data of SN 1987A were observed with the HST proposal : R. Kirshner (Harvard University ) and collaborators.
InstrumentHST>ACS/HRC
Exposure DatesDecember 6-9, 2006, Exposure Time: 4.2 hours
FiltersF435W (B), F555W (V), F625W (R), and F658N (H-alpha+[N II])

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