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The birth of a Supernova remnant

Eso_eso9914a_1024

eso_eso9914a February 27th, 1999

Credit: ESO

This image displays a "spectral image" of SN1987A, the supernova that exploded 1987 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was obtained using the medium resolution spectroscopic mode of ISAAC with a 2 arcsec wide slit and the grating centred close to the HeI emission line at 1.083 µm (1083 nm). The orange bands above and below the SN are due to stars.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9914a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (HeI)	-

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ID: eso9914a
Subject Category: C.3.1.8
Subject Name: SN 1987A
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 1999-02-27T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9914a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Distance in light years to 30 Doradus.

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: ISAAC
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: HeI
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Reference Dimension: 773.0, 502.0

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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.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: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso9914a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9914a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-20T11:32:16+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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