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Kecks view on lensed supernova

Esahubble_heic1710f_1024

esahubble_heic1710f April 20th, 2017

Credit: ESA/Hubble, W. M. Keck Observatory

The adaptive-optics instruments on the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, were able to resolve the supernova explosion iPTF16geu in detail.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1710f/

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

Esahubble_heic1710f_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 21h 4m 16.4s; DEC = -6° 20’ 18.0”
Orientation: North is 47.9° CCW
Field of View: 0.0 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Aquarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	None (None)	(Ks)	-
	Keck II (None)	(H)	-
	Keck II (NIRC2)	(J)	-

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ID: heic1710f
Subject Category: D.3.1.8
Subject Name: iPTF16geu
Credits: ESA/Hubble, W. M. Keck Observatory

Release Date: 2017-04-20T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1710f/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: None, Keck II, Keck II
Instrument: None, None, NIRC2
Color Assignment

Band
Bandpass: Ks, H, J
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 316.068486868, -6.33833881785
Reference Dimension: 718.0, 718.0

Reference Pixel: 359.0, 359.0
Scale: -6.17819114237e-07, 6.17819114237e-07
Rotation: 47.879999999999946
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org
Name
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: heic1710f

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1710f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-04-10T17:39:58+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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