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Shocked Region Around 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...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2010
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2010-30-2768-image
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.
Credits
NASA, ESA, K. France (University of Colordo, Boulder), and P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | SN 1987A |
| Object Description | Supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) |
| R.A. Position | 05h 35m 27.87s |
| Dec. Position | -69° 16' 10.48" |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Distance | Approximately 160,000 light-years (49 kiloparsecs) away |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | ACS data of SN 1987A were observed with the HST proposal : R. Kirshner (Harvard University ) and collaborators. |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/HRC |
| Exposure Dates | December 6-9, 2006, Exposure Time: 4.2 hours |
| Filters | F435W (B), F555W (V), F625W (R), and F658N (H-alpha+[N II]) |
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