esahubble_ann1111a June 9th, 2011
Credit: NASA, ESA and Pete Challis (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
This Hubble image of Supernova 1987A shows the brightening ring of supernova debris. The closest supernova seen in almost 400 years, Supernova 1987A is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1111a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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