Three Rings of Gas Surround Supernova 1987A
stsci_1998-08g February 10th, 1998
Credit: P. Challis (Harvard-Smithsonian
This Hubble Space Telescope image, taken in February 1994 with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, shows the full system of three rings of glowing gas surrounding supernova 1987A. Located in a small galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, the supernova is a massive star that exploded in about 165,000 BC, but its light didn't arrive here until February 1987.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-08
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 1998-08g
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- SN 1987A
- Credits
- P. Challis (Harvard-Smithsonian
- Release Date
- 1998-02-10T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 168,000
- Redshift
- 168,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-08
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in Lightyears
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, V, Halpha
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 83.86715650528, -69.27054678861
- Reference Dimension
- 272.00, 274.00
- Reference Pixel
- -250.12042375982, 100.00996349070
- Scale
- -0.00000201697, 0.00000201697
- Rotation
- -69.67616850681
- 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 415.59 344.72 132.00 135.00 426.37 353.85 101.00 230.00 419.29 361.53 36.00 201.00 429.86 349.91 134.00 239.00 398.40 343.00 104.29 21.43 Center Pixel Coordinates: 136.00 83.86652695085 137.00 -69.26977349279
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p9808g-f-748x742.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9808g-f-748x742.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/08
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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