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Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A - March 2004

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stsci_2006-30b August 29th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)- ESA/Hubble Collaboration

Image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) taken with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys in March 2004.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-30

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cassipopeia A
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Distance

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10,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 23m 28.0s; DEC = 58° 50’ 24.2”
Orientation: North is 0.5° CCW
Field of View: 8.6 x 6.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Cassiopeia

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (SDSS r)	625.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (SDSS i)	775.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (SDSS z)	850.0 nm
March, 2004 and December, 2004

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ID: 2006-30b
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Cassipopeia A
Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)- ESA/Hubble Collaboration

Release Date: 2006-08-29T00:00:00
Lightyears: 10,000
Redshift: 10,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-30

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: About 10,000 light-years 3,100 parsecs away.

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: SDSS r, SDSS i, SDSS z
Central Wavelength: 625, 775, 850

Start Time: 2003-11-13T00:00:00, 2003-11-13T00:00:00, 2003-11-13T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: M

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 350.86684278122, 58.84006388998
Reference Dimension: 10252.00, 7379.00

Reference Pixel: 4805.91930093136, 5502.62106061432
Scale: -0.00001390356, 0.00001390356
Rotation: 0.47483393444
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 1283.13 1104.36 5262.99 1926.94 1045.14 1163.95 4790.78 2057.27 453.30 2033.59 3650.60 3823.70 1323.76 1858.26 5383.81 3427.81 784.80 517.04 4235.93 776.53 Center Pixel Coordinates: 5126.00 350.85866892995 3689.50 58.81483502504

Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: 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-p0630b-f-10252x7379.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0630b-f-10252x7379.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/30

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

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