STIS chemically analyzes the ring around SN 1987a

Esahubble_opo9714b_1024

esahubble_opo9714b May 12th, 1997

Credit: George Sonneborn (GSFC) and NASA/ESA

These images from the Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) provide a new and unprecedented look at one of the most unique and complex structures in the universe -- a light-year wide ring of glowing gas around supernova 1987A, the nearest stellar explosion in 400 years, which occurred in February 1987.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9714b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 05240-6948 • Large Magellanic Cloud • LMC • SN 1987A
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (STIS ) Optical (H-alpha + NII) -
Esahubble_opo9714b_1280
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ID
opo9714b
Subject Category
C.3.1.8  
Subject Name
IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, SN 1987A
Credits
George Sonneborn (GSFC) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-05-12T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9714b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS
Color Assignment
Orange
Band
Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha + NII
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
160.0, 120.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo9714b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9714b.tif
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Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:04+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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