Hubble Space Telescope: Kepler's Supernova Remnant (visible-light data)

Esahubble_opo0429i_1024

esahubble_opo0429i October 6th, 2004

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

As the shock ploughs into material lost from the progenitor star after the initial supernova explosion, instabilities left in its wake cause the swept-up gas to fragment into clumps. The Hubble data also show thin filaments of gas. These filaments reveal where the shock wave is encountering lower-density, more uniform interstellar material.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429i/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Kepler's SN
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
Esahubble_opo0429i_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 30m 41.0s
DEC = -21° 29’ 30.4”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
4.9 x 4.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Ophiuchus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical -
Hubble (ACS) Optical -
Esahubble_opo0429i_1280
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ID
opo0429i
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
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429i/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, ACS
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
262.671039583, -21.4917739919
Reference Dimension
1666.0, 1666.0
Reference Pixel
833.829681275, 833.667467949
Scale
-4.8619699112e-05, 4.8619699112e-05
Rotation
-0.04
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
opo0429i
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0429i.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2004-10-01T16:21:06-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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