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Supernova 1987A in Submillimeter

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Credit: NASA, ESA, and NRAO

This is an image of the intricate remains of Supernova 1987A taken in submillimeter wavelengths by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in Chile. The red color shows newly formed dust in the center of the supernova remnant.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: http://epocms-alpha.nrao.edu/news/2017-sn1987a/

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: SN1987A • Supernova 1987A
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

Distance

Position Details

Position (FK5): RA = 5h 35m 28.0s; DEC = -69° 16’ 11.2”
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ALMA	Radio (submillimeter)	-

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ID: Gallery_nrao17cb14d
Subject Category: C.3.1.8
Subject Name: SN1987A, Supernova 1987A
Credits: NASA, ESA, and NRAO

Release Date
Lightyears: 1.68E+5
Redshift: 1.68E+5
Reference Url: http://epocms-alpha.nrao.edu/news/2017-sn1987a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: ALMA
Instrument
Color Assignment

Band: Radio
Bandpass: submillimeter
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2012-08-25T08:53
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: FK5
Equinox: 2000
Reference Value: 8.386663000000E+01, -6.926977000000E+01
Reference Dimension: 256, 256

Reference Pixel: 129, 129
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:: SIN

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Creator (Curator): NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL: https://public.nrao.edu
Name: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email: outreach@nrao.edu

Telephone
Address: 520 Edgemont Road
City: Charlottesville
State/Province: Virginia

Postal Code: 22903
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Publisher: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID: nrao
Resource ID

Resource URL: /image/nrao/Gallery_nrao17cb14d
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Metadata Date: 2018-05-04T16:17:25-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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