Farthest Supernova Ever - SN 1997ff

Esahubble_opo0109c_1024

esahubble_opo0109c April 2nd, 2001

Credit: NASA/ESA, Adam Riess ( Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD)

This photo is a close-up view of that region. The white arrow points to the exploding star's home galaxy, a faint elliptical. Its redness is due to the billions of old stars residing there.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0109c/

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
SN 1997FF
Subject - Distant Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Green Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo0109c_1280
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ID
opo0109c
Subject Category
D.3.1.8   D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
SN 1997FF
Credits
NASA/ESA, Adam Riess ( Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD)
Release Date
2001-04-02T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0109c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
H, J, I
Central Wavelength
1600, 1100, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
342.0, 342.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo0109c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:17:19+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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