NGC 6496 (Kitt Peak National Observatory)
stsci_2023-115b July 5th, 2023
Credit: Science: KPNO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
This image from the Kitt Peak National Observatory of NGC 6496 contextualizes the locations of Supernova 2004et and Supernova 2017eaw within the galaxy. Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) reveal large amounts of dust within two Type II supernovae, Supernova 2004et (SN2004 et) and Supernova 2017eaw (SN 2017eaw), located 22 million light-years away from Earth in spiral galaxy NGC 6946. The large amounts of dust found in these supernovae using MIRI supports that supernovae played a key role in supplying dust to the early universe. NGC 6496 is located 22 million light-years away from Earth.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-115
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://stsci.edu/copyright/
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Image Details
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- ID
- 2023-115b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1 C.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- NGC 6946, SN2004et, SN2017eaw
- Credits
- Science: KPNO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2023-07-05T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 22,500,000
- Redshift
- 22,500,000
- Reference Url
- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-115
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Kitt Peak, Kitt Peak, Kitt Peak
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- OIII, g, halpha
- Central Wavelength
- 499, 475, 656
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 308.71791667, 60.15388889
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- 0.000000
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://stsci.edu
- 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://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-J-p23115b-f-2503x1961.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2023-115/STSCI-J-p23115b-f-2503x1961.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-06-20T14:17:33-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
