Supernova Remnant N 63A

stsci_2005-15c June 7th, 2005

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/NOAO/AURA/NSF

A color composite of Spitzer infrared, Chandra X-ray and ground-based Halpha. The color assignments are: Chandra (all bands) (blue), CTIO ground-based H-alpha (green), Spitzer 4.5 micron (yellow) and Spitzer 8.0 micron (red).

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-15

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: LMC N 63A
Subject - Local Universe: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Distance

160,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 35m 43.1s; DEC = -66° 2’ 33.1”
Orientation: North is 8.6° CCW
Field of View: 15.4 x 10.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
CXO (ACIS)	X-ray	-
CTIO	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared	4.5 µm
Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared	8.0 µm

ID: 2005-15c
Subject Category: C.4.1.4
Subject Name: LMC N 63A
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Release Date: 2005-06-07T00:00:00
Lightyears: 160,000
Redshift: 160,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-15

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

Facility: CXO, CTIO, SST, SST
Instrument: ACIS, -, IRAC, IRAC
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Yellow, Red

Band: X-ray, Optical, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: -, H-alpha, -, -
Central Wavelength: -, 656, 4500, 8000

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 83.92957100000, -66.04251600000
Reference Dimension: 1848.00, 1274.00

Reference Pixel: 415.42914354354, 401.17301130403
Scale: -0.00013916135, 0.00013916135
Rotation: 8.63555744165
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

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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0515c-f-1848x1274.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0515c-f-1848x1274.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/15

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

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

160,000 light years