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Kepler's Supernova Remnant In Visible, X-Ray and Infrared Light
CreditsNASA, ESA, R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2004
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2004-29-1594-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Kepler's Supernova Remnant, SN 1604, V 843 Ophiuchi, G004.5+06.8 |
| Object Description | Supernova Remnant |
| R.A. Position | 17h 30m 40.79s |
| Dec. Position | -21° 29' 11.0" |
| Constellation | Ophiuchus |
| Distance | 13,000 light-years (4,000 parsecs) |
| Dimensions | This image is 5 arcminutes (19 light-years or 5.8 parsecs) wide. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | Chandra Data This image was created from Chandra observations from proposal 01500022: S. Holt (F.W. Olin College of Engineering), U. Hwang, R. Petre, and M. Corcoran (GSFC), E. Gotthelf (Columbia Astrophysics Lab), G. Allen (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech.), J. Keohane (North Carolina). The science team using this data is: R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins Univ.), T. DeLaney (U. Minnesota and Harvard-Smithsonian/Center for Astrophysics), L. Rudnick and J. A. Ennis (U. Minnesota), I. Harrus (Goddard Space Flight Center). Hubble Data This image was created from Hubble observations from proposal : R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins Univ.), L. Rudnick (U. Minnesota), T. DeLaney (U. Minnesota and Harvard-Smithsonian/Center for Astrophysics), I. Harrus (Goddard Space Flight Center). Spitzer Data This image was created from Spitzer observations from proposal 3413: W. Blair, R. Sankrit, and P. Ghavamian (Johns Hopkins Univ.), K. Borkowski and S. Reynolds (North Carolina State Univ.), and K. Long (Space Telescope Science Inst.). |
| Instrument | CXO>ACIS-S; HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFPC2; SST>MIPS and SST>IRAC |
| Exposure Dates | June 30, 2000 (CXO), August 28-29, 2003 and May 26, 2004 (HST), August 25, 2004 and September 3, 2004 (SST) |
| Filters | CXO: 0.3-6 keV HST: F502N ([O III]), F550M (V), F658N (Halpha+[N II]), F660N ([N II]), and F673N ([S II]) SST: MIPS 24 and 70 micron; IRAC 4.5 and 8 micron |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | Blue: 4-6 keV (CXO) Green: 0.3-1.4 keV (CXO) Yellow: F658 N (Halpha+[N II]) Red: MIPS 24 microns (SST) |
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