Powerful Nearby Supernova Caught By Web

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chandra_404 September 25th, 2008

Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/Columbia/F.Bauer et al); Optical (NASA/STScI/UMD/A.Wilson et al.)

This composite image shows the central regions of the nearby Circinus galaxy, located about 12 million light years away. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in blue and data from the Hubble Space telescope is shown in yellow ("I-band"), red (hydrogen emission), cyan ("V-band") and light blue (oxygen emission). The blue source near the lower right hand corner of the image is the supernova SN 1996cr, that has finally been identified over a decade after it exploded.The supernova was first singled out in 2001 as a bright, variable object in a Chandra image, but it was not confirmed as a supernova until years later, using data from a total of 18 different telescopes, nearly all of which was from archives.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/sn1996/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SN 1996cr Circinus Galaxy X2
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Seyfert

Distance

Universescale2
12,000,000 light years
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 13m 10.9s
DEC = -65° 20’ 58.1”
Orientation
North is 62.4° CCW
Field of View
0.7 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Circinus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray 826.7 pm
Yellow Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I-band) 814.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V-band) 547.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_xray1
Blue
Yellow
Cyan
Red
Blue
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ID
404
Subject Category
C.3.1.8   C.5.1.1   C.5.3.2.2  
Subject Name
SN 1996cr, Circinus Galaxy X2
Credits
X-ray (NASA/CXC/Columbia/F.Bauer et al); Optical (NASA/STScI/UMD/A.Wilson et al.)
Release Date
2008-09-25
Lightyears
12,000,000
Redshift
12,000,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/sn1996/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACIS, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Yellow, Cyan, Red, Blue
Band
X-ray, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
-, I-band, V-band, H-alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength
0.8267, 814, 547, 656, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
213.29525202833, -65.34947368583
Reference Dimension
2400.00, 1999.00
Reference Pixel
2712.96886949539, -362.94717793021
Scale
-0.00000497983, 0.00000497983
Rotation
62.39562686014
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.0 revision 213+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
Creator (Curator)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email
cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
Telephone
617.496.7941
Address
60 Garden St.
City
Cambridge
State/Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Rights
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Publisher
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
sn1996.tif
Metadata Date
2012-04-05T16:46:50-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
12,000,000 light years

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