Supernova 1996cl in Distant Cluster

Esahubble_opo9826f_1024

esahubble_opo9826f August 19th, 1998

Credit: Saul Perlmutter of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California

In March 1996, the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2just happened to be pointed at the faraway galaxy cluster MS1054-0321 when it captured the light from an exploding star, called supernova 1996cl. The cluster is 8 billion light-years from Earth.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9826f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MS1054-0321 SN 1996CL
Subject - Distant Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
Esahubble_opo9826f_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 56m 59.2s
DEC = -3° 37’ 35.6”
Orientation
North is 10.3° CCW
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Esahubble_opo9826f_1280
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ID
opo9826f
Subject Category
D.3.1.8  
Subject Name
MS1054-0321, SN 1996CL
Credits
Saul Perlmutter of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California
Release Date
1998-08-19T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9826f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
I
Central Wavelength
814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
164.246496217, -3.62656065547
Reference Dimension
512.0, 510.0
Reference Pixel
256.0, 255.0
Scale
-3.45052974081e-06, 3.45052974081e-06
Rotation
10.299999999999992
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9826f
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:51:37+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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