Hubble view of the surroundings of a hidden neutron star in the Small Magellanic Cloud
eso_eso1810b April 5th, 2018
Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
This picture from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope sets the scene for the story of the hunt for an elusive missing object hidden amid a complex tangle of gaseous filaments in one of our nearest neighbouring galaxies, the Small Magellanic Cloud. The wisps of gas forming the supernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219 show up in blue near the centre of the picture. Part of the massive star-forming region, N 76, also known as Henize 1956, appears at the lower right in green and pink.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1810b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Ultraviolet (MgII) | 280.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (OII) | 373.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (b) | 467.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (g) | 475.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (OIII) | 502.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (V) | 550.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (Continuum) | 645.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (H-Alpha + NIII) | 657.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Infrared (NII) | 658.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (Redshifted H-Alpha + NII) | 665.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (SII) | 673.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (i) | 775.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (z) | 850.0 nm |
- ID
- eso1810b
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.9
- Subject Name
- 1E 0102.2-7219
- Credits
- NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2018-04-05T17:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1810b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, ACS, WFC3, ACS, WFC3, WFC3, ACS, WFC3, WFC3, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Green, Yellow, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red
- Band
- Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- MgII, OII, b, g, OIII, V, Continuum, H-Alpha + NIII, NII, Redshifted H-Alpha + NII, SII, i, z
- Central Wavelength
- 280, 373, 467, 475, 502, 550, 645, 657, 658, 665, 673, 775, 850
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 16.012140552, -72.0320372853
- Reference Dimension
- 4049.0, 3972.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2024.0, 1986.0
- Scale
- -1.11165283156e-05, 1.11165283156e-05
- Rotation
- 2.7400000000000038
- 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
- eso1810b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1810b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2018-04-01T19:02:46+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
