SN1987A

stsci_1995-49a November 29th, 1995

Credit: Dr. Christopher Burrows, ESA/STScI and NASA

An eerie, nearly mirror-image pair of red luminescent gas "hula-hoops" frame the expanding debris of a star seen as a supernova explosion in 1987. (Image Released: April 1994)

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-49

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Supernova 1987A: Halo for a Vanished Star
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

Distance

169 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 35m 28.1s; DEC = -69° 16’ 14.0”
Orientation: North is 93.7° CW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Halpha)	656.0 nm

ID: 1995-49a
Subject Category: B.3.1.8
Subject Name: Supernova 1987A: Halo for a Vanished Star
Credits: Dr. Christopher Burrows, ESA/STScI and NASA

Release Date: 1995-11-29T00:00:00
Lightyears: 169
Redshift: 000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-49

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: Halpha
Central Wavelength: 656

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 83.86715650528, -69.27054678861
Reference Dimension: 141.00, 141.00

Reference Pixel: 10.13840399208, 97.12137208784
Scale: -0.00001258269, 0.00001258269
Rotation: -93.74776099586
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 386.24 359.86 55.37 33.88 453.49 300.85 114.88 113.22 452.67 363.85 46.28 106.61 414.95 344.70 69.84 66.85 Center Pixel Coordinates: 70.50 83.86642599226 70.50 -69.26976063211

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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9549a-f-141x141.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9549a-f-141x141.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1995/49

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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169 light years