Hubble pinpoints distant supernovae

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esahubble_opo9802g January 8th, 1998

Credit: Peter Garnavich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the High-z Supernova Search Team, and NASA/ESA

These Hubble Space Telescope images pinpoint three distant supernovae, which exploded and died billions of years ago. Scientists are using these faraway light sources to estimate if the universe was expanding at a faster rate long ago and is now slowing down.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9802g/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SN 1997CK
Subject - Distant Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 53m 0.2s
DEC = 35° 3’ 46.8”
Orientation
North is 46.8° CW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Hercules

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red None (None) Optical 675.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (Z) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
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ID
opo9802g
Subject Category
D.3.1.8  
Subject Name
SN 1997CK
Credits
Peter Garnavich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the High-z Supernova Search Team, and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-01-08T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9802g/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
None, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
None, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Red
Band
Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
-, Z
Central Wavelength
675, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
253.250961965, 35.0630024236
Reference Dimension
167.0, 167.0
Reference Pixel
83.5, 83.5
Scale
-2.7866528369e-05, 2.7866528369e-05
Rotation
-46.800000000000068
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
opo9802g
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:50:02+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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