Distant Supernova 3 - After Outburst

esahubble_opo0412i February 20th, 2004

Credit: NASA/ESA and A. Riess (STScI)

Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval a supernova can radiate as much energy as the Sun is expected to emit over its entire life span.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0412i/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Distant supernovae
Subject - Distant Universe: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (J)	1.1 µm
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (Z)	850.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	775.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm

ID: opo0412i
Subject Category: D.3.1.8
Subject Name: Distant supernovae
Credits: NASA/ESA and A. Riess (STScI)

Release Date: 2004-02-20T18:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0412i/

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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: NICMOS, NICMOS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
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Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H, J, Z, I, V, B
Central Wavelength: 1600, 1100, 850, 775, 606, 435

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo0412i

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0412i.tif
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Metadata Date: 2004-02-20T10:10:50-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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