Hubble image archive

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
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Credits

NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameSupernova 2012Z, NGC 1309
Object DescriptionSupernova in Spiral Galaxy
R.A. Position03h 22m 05s.2880
Dec. Position-15° 23' 49".34
ConstellationEridanus
Distance100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs)
About The Data
Data DescriptionHubble 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).
InstrumentHST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFC3/UVIS
Exposure Dates2005 - 2006 and 2013
FiltersNGC 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 InfoThis 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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