Shocked Region Around SN 1987A
stsci_2010-30a September 2nd, 2010
Credit: NASA, ESA, K. France (University of Colordo, Boulder), and P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
This image shows the entire region around supernova 1987A. The most prominent feature in the image is a ring with dozens of bright spots. A shock wave of material unleashed by the stellar blast is slamming into regions along the ring's inner regions, heating them up, and causing them to glow. The ring, about a light-year across, was probably shed by the star about 20,000 years before it exploded.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2010/news-2010-30
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Image Details
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- ID
- 2010-30a
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- SN 1987A
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, K. France (University of Colordo, Boulder), and P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
- Release Date
- 2010-09-02T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 160,000
- Redshift
- 160,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2010/news-2010-30
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACS/HCR, ACS/HCR, ACS/HCR, ACS/HCR
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red, Magenta
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, V, R, [Halpha+NII]
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 555, 625, 658
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 83.86705661416, -69.26968479675
- Reference Dimension
- 655.00, 528.00
- Reference Pixel
- 316.91399332756, 301.48865180033
- Scale
- -0.00000647421, 0.00000647421
- Rotation
- 5.86820546966
- 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 599.62 624.32 271.00 228.00 726.55 707.60 406.95 296.08 875.45 831.54 569.21 403.88 403.93 470.76 59.46 96.97 Center Pixel Coordinates: 327.50 83.86692082365 264.00 -69.26993077526
- 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-p1030a-f-655x528.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1030a-f-655x528.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/30
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
