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Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

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esahubble_opo0215d July 3rd, 2002

Credit: NASA/ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

This is a section of Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in our Milky Way Galaxy. These streamer like remains of an exploding star are 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia and were first observed from Earth 320 years ago.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0215d/

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: Cassiopeia A • SNR 111.7-02.1
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 23m 26.3s; DEC = 58° 50’ 20.3”
Orientation: North is 0.4° CW
Field of View: 1.4 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Cassiopeia

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (Z)	850.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (R)	675.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm

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ID: opo0215d
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Cassiopeia A, SNR 111.7-02.1
Credits: NASA/ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Release Date: 2002-07-03T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0215d/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Z, R, B
Central Wavelength: 850, 675, 450

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 350.8596499, 58.8389613
Reference Dimension: 833.0, 726.0

Reference Pixel: 417.5, 363.0
Scale: -2.77348270519e-05, 2.75031054711e-05
Rotation: -0.4
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: opo0215d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0215d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:20:38+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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