NASA's Webb Telescope Will Study an Iconic Supernova
stsci_2019-13a February 28th, 2019
Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF) Hubble image: NASA, ESA, and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation) Chandra image: NASA/CXC/Penn State/K. Frank et al. ALMA image: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) and R. Indebetouw (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
Astronomers combined observations from three different observatories (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, red; Hubble, green; Chandra X-ray Observatory, blue) to produce this colorful, multiwavelength image of the intricate remains of Supernova 1987A.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-13
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 2019-13a
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.4
- Subject Name
- SN 1987A
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and A. Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF) Hubble image: NASA, ESA, and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation) Chandra image: NASA/CXC/Penn State/K. Frank et al. ALMA image: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) and R. Indebetouw (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
- Release Date
- 2019-02-28T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 163,000
- Redshift
- 163,000
- Reference Url
- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-13
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- ALMA, Hubble, Chanddra
- Instrument
- -, WFPC2, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Radio, Optical, X-ray
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- 2012-08-25T08:53:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- FK5
- Equinox
- 2000
- Reference Value
- 8.386663000000E+01, -6.926977000000E+01
- Reference Dimension
- 256, 256
- Reference Pixel
- 129, 129
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- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- SIN
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- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 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-J-p1913a-f-2000x2000.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-J-p1913a-f-2000x2000.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
