Palomars view on iPTF16geu

esahubble_heic1710d April 20th, 2017

Credit: ESA/Hubble, Palomar Observatory/California Institute of Technology

The Palomar Observatory, located on Palomar Mountain, California, created this wide-field view of the night sky. In the lower central part of the image scientists discovered a supernova explosion, being lensed by a foreground galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1710d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: iPTF16geu
Subject - Distant Universe: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 21h 4m 60.0s; DEC = -6° 13’ 43.1”
Orientation: North is 90.1° CW
Field of View: 1.2 x 0.6 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Palomar 60-inch telescope (None)	Optical (R)	-

ID: heic1710d
Subject Category: D.3.1.8
Subject Name: iPTF16geu
Credits: ESA/Hubble, Palomar Observatory/California Institute of Technology

Release Date: 2017-04-20T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1710d/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Palomar 60-inch telescope
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: R
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 316.2499239, -6.22864398855
Reference Dimension: 4109.0, 2083.0

Reference Pixel: 2054.5, 1041.5
Scale: -0.00028051441471867861, 0.00028051441471867861
Rotation: -90.140000000000043
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
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Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org
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Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1710d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1710d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-06-02T13:54:41.415483
Metadata Version: 1.1

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