Neighbourhood of SN 1987A

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eso_10_sn-1987a_cc June 10th, 2010

Credit: ESO

Image of the neighbourhood of supernova SN 1987A, taken with the NTT, in the light of ionised nitrogen, during very good seeing. The colour coding shows the intensity contours in the image. SN 1987A was detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud in February 1987 and was the first naked-eye supernova in nearly four centuries. ESO telescopes have been observing SN 1987A for more than twenty years. More information in ESO Messenger 59, p16: http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.59-mar90/messenger-no59.pdf

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/10_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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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SN 1987A
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 27.7s
DEC = -69° 16’ 8.5”
Orientation
North is 4.0° CCW
Field of View
1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red NTT (EMMI) Optical (N II) 658.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
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ID
10_sn-1987a_cc
Subject Category
C.3.1.8  
Subject Name
SN 1987A
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2010-06-10T18:32:05
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/10_sn-1987a_cc/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Approximate distance in light years from NASA.
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
EMMI
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
N II
Central Wavelength
658
Start Time
1989-12-18T00:00:00
Integration Time
300
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.865382466, -69.2690255383
Reference Dimension
1241.0, 1233.0
Reference Pixel
620.0, 616.0
Scale
-1.60036042644e-05, 1.60036042644e-05
Rotation
3.9600000000000035
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
10_sn-1987a_cc
Metadata Date
2010-06-10T17:13:10+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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