Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Noirlab_noao-03470_1024

noirlab_noao-03470 June 30th, 2020

Credit: Marcelo Bass, CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/

Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud appears as a very bright object near the center of this color photograph made by Marcelo Bass of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO). The photograph was taken at NOAO's Cerro-Tololo Inter-American Observatory, on March 2nd 1987, using the CTIO Curtis Schmidt telescope.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-03470/

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SN 1987A
Noirlab_noao-03470_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 33m 44.9s
DEC = -69° 20’ 8.0”
Orientation
North is 1.8° CCW
Field of View
0.9 x 1.1 degrees
Constellation
Dorado
Noirlab_noao-03470_1280
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ID
noao-03470
Subject Category
Subject Name
SN 1987A
Credits
Marcelo Bass, CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:53:41.245548
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-03470/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
None
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
N
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.43703808, -69.33555125
Reference Dimension
2195.0, 2807.0
Reference Pixel
1695.10202, 1098.489227
Scale
-3.99E-04, 3.96E-04
Rotation
1.772377848
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
None
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
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
noao-03470
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-03470.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:36.575495
Metadata Version
1.1
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