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STIS Chemically Analyzes the Ring Around SN 1987a

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esahubble_opo9714e May 12th, 1997

Credit: Jason Pun (NOAO) and SINS Collaboration

The ring formed 30, 000 years before the star exploded and so is a fossil record of the final stages of the star's existence. The light from the supernova heated the gas in the ring so that it now glows at temperatures from 5, 000 to 25, 000 degrees Kelvin.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9714e/

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: IRAS 05240-6948 • Large Magellanic Cloud • LMC • SN 1987A
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 35m 28.0s; DEC = -69° 16’ 11.4”
Orientation: North is 89.8° CW
Field of View: 0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	-

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ID: opo9714e
Subject Category: C.3.1.8
Subject Name: IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, SN 1987A
Credits: Jason Pun (NOAO) and SINS Collaboration

Release Date: 1997-05-12T17:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9714e/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.8665879116, -69.2698311032
Reference Dimension: 744.0, 744.0

Reference Pixel: 372.0, 372.0
Scale: -5.94329855587e-06, 5.94329855587e-06
Rotation: -89.819999999999879
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9714e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9714e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:48:07+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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