Cassiopeia A - The colourful aftermath of a violent stellar death

Esahubble_heic0609a_1024

esahubble_heic0609a August 29th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgement: Robert A. Fesen (Dartmouth College, USA) and James Long (ESA/Hubble)

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image shows the complex and intricate structure of the star's shattered fragments.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic0609a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cassiopeia A SN 1680
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
Esahubble_heic0609a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 23m 26.1s
DEC = 58° 48’ 53.5”
Orientation
North is 0.4° CCW
Field of View
8.5 x 6.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Cassiopeia

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 625.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 775.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (Z) 850.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Esahubble_heic0609a_1280
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ID
heic0609a
Subject Category
B.4.1.4  
Subject Name
Cassiopeia A, SN 1680
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgement: Robert A. Fesen (Dartmouth College, USA) and James Long (ESA/Hubble)
Release Date
2006-08-29T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic0609a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006ApJ...645..283F
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, I, Z
Central Wavelength
625, 775, 850
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
-, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
350.858757421, 58.8148655004
Reference Dimension
10252.0, 7379.0
Reference Pixel
5126.0, 3689.0
Scale
-1.38937659775e-05, 1.38937659775e-05
Rotation
0.44000000000000011
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0609a
Metadata Date
2006-08-25T15:57:47+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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