Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

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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

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cassiopeia A SNR 111.7-02.1
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
Esahubble_opo0215e_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 23m 19.0s
DEC = 58° 50’ 19.7”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.1 x 0.9 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
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0215e_1280
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ID
opo0215e
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
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0215e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
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
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
350.829173215, 58.8388092464
Reference Dimension
679.0, 517.0
Reference Pixel
341.0, 260.0
Scale
-2.76770345585e-05, 2.76770345585e-05
Rotation
0
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
opo0215e
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:20:39+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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