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chandra_610b October 8th, 2015

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PUS/E.Helder et al; Optical: NASA/STScI

These six images represent the potential for new images and discoveries housed in the Chandra Data Archive. To celebrate October as American Archive Month, these images - which include supernova remnants, pulsars, black holes, and clusters of galaxies - are being released. Each image represents data that are available to both the professional scientific community as well as the general public.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Collage
Object Name
SN 1987A
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
160,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 28.0s
DEC = -69° 16’ 11.5”
Orientation
North is 4.1° CCW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (H-alpha) 658.0 nm
Spectrum_xray1
Blue
Blue
Green
Orange
Red
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ID
610b
Subject Category
C.3.1.8  
Subject Name
SN 1987A
Credits
X-ray: NASA/CXC/PUS/E.Helder et al; Optical: NASA/STScI
Release Date
2015-10-08
Lightyears
160,000
Redshift
160,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/
Type
Collage
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACIS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Blue, Green, Orange, Red
Band
X-ray, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
X-ray, B, V, I, H-alpha
Central Wavelength
0.8267, 435, 555, 814, 658
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.8666380, -69.2698541
Reference Dimension
3600.0, 3600.0
Reference Pixel
1801.0, 1801.0
Scale
1.57225e-06, 1.5722529e-06
Rotation
4.05
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
Creator (Curator)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email
cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
Telephone
617.496.7941
Address
60 Garden St.
City
Cambridge
State/Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Rights
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Publisher
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
archives_sn1987a.tif
Resource URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/archives_sn1987a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2015-10-09T11:08:51-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
160,000 light years

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