Supernova 1987a Ring

esahubble_opo9808b February 10th, 1998

Credit: Peter Garnavich (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), andNASA/ESA

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2image shows the glowing gas ring around supernova 1987A, as it appeared in 1994. The gas, excited by light from the explosion, has been fading for a decade.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9808b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

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

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 35m 28.0s; DEC = -69° 16’ 11.2”
Orientation: North is 69.8° CW
Field of View: 0.0 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	-
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	-
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	-

ID: opo9808b
Subject Category: C.3.1.8
Subject Name: SN 1987A
Credits: Peter Garnavich (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), andNASA/ESA

Release Date: 1998-02-10T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9808b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha, V, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.8665935225, -69.2697691704
Reference Dimension: 401.0, 406.0

Reference Pixel: 200.5, 203.0
Scale: -1.46737494036e-06, 1.46737494036e-06
Rotation: -69.839999999999989
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Telephone
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: opo9808b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9808b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:50:22+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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