SN 1987A fades
eso_03_sn-1987a_cc March 12th, 2010
Credit: ESO
Image in continuum light of the surroundings of supernova SN 1987A, taken by the NTT, at La Silla Observatory, almost 5 years after the explosion was detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud. SN 1987A is the spot between the two brighter stars, belonging to the same multiple system. After reaching an impressive magnitude 3 at its maximum, the supernova had already faded to magnitude 18 by the time this image was captured. SN 1987A was the first naked-eye supernova to be seen in almost four hundred years and is one of the most studied objects in modern astronomy. ESO telescopes have played a major role in this campaign. More information in ESO Messenger 66, p35: http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.58-dec89/messenger-no58.pdf
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/03_sn-1987a_cc/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- 03_sn-1987a_cc
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- SN 1987A
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2010-03-12T18:51:38
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/03_sn-1987a_cc/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- New Technology Telescope
- Instrument
- SUSI2
- Color Assignment
- Red
- Band
- Optical
- Bandpass
- Continuum OIII
- Central Wavelength
- 530
- Start Time
- 1991-12-01T07:03:55
- Integration Time
- 600
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.8654727234, -69.2690540602
- Reference Dimension
- 3097.0, 2841.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1548.0, 1420.0
- Scale
- -1.4428891484e-06, 1.4428891484e-06
- Rotation
- 2.4800000000000018
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- 03_sn-1987a_cc
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/03_sn-1987a_cc.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-06-07T16:32:02+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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