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Hubble Space Telescope Visible-Light Data of Kepler's Supernova Remnant

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esahubble_opo0429e October 6th, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University)

Supernovae are extremely luminousand cause a burst of radiationthat often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval a supernova can radiate as much energy as the Sunis expected to emit over its entire life span.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429e/

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: Kepler's SN
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 30m 41.5s; DEC = -21° 29’ 33.2”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View: 5.0 x 5.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (None)	Optical	-

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ID: opo0429e
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Kepler's SN
Credits: NASA, ESA, R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University)

Release Date: 2004-10-06T18:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429e/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Yellow

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 262.672907158, -21.4925462576
Reference Dimension: 750.0, 750.0

Reference Pixel: 375.0, 375.0
Scale: -0.000110288319464, 0.000110288319464
Rotation: 0.11999999999999873
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: opo0429e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0429e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2004-10-01T11:28:31-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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