esahubble_opo0215e 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/opo0215e/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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