Massive Old Star Reveals Secrets On Deathbed

noirlab_gemini0401d January 26th, 2004

Credit: Isaac Newton Telescope, Jonathan Irwin

Image from the Isaac Newton Telescope with the Wide Field Camera taken on 25th August 2003 by Jonathan Irwin (IoA). It shows the position of the fading supernova which by then was some six months old.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini0401d/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: SN 2003gd

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 36m 42.6s; DEC = 15° 44’ 18.4”
Orientation: North is 142.2° CCW
Field of View: 1.4 x 1.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
INT (WFC)	Optical (i)	780.0 nm
INT (WFC)	Optical (r)	630.0 nm
INT (WFC)	Optical (g)	475.0 nm

ID: gemini0401d
Subject Category
Subject Name: SN 2003gd
Credits: Isaac Newton Telescope, Jonathan Irwin

Release Date: 2004-01-26T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini0401d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Isaac Newton Telescope, Isaac Newton Telescope, Isaac Newton Telescope
Instrument: WFC, WFC, WFC
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: i, r, g
Central Wavelength: 780, 630, 475

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 24.1775747122, 15.7384509138
Reference Dimension: 408.0, 408.0

Reference Pixel: 204.0, 204.0
Scale: -5.63593544687e-05, 5.63593544687e-05
Rotation: 142.15999999999985
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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Email

Telephone
Address: 950 North Cherry Ave.
City: Tucson
State/Province: AZ

Postal Code: 85719
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID: noirlab
Resource ID: gemini0401d

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini0401d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-10-02T11:52:35.952152
Metadata Version: 1.1

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