Supernova 1987A: January 5, 2003

Esahubble_heic0704f_1024

esahubble_heic0704f February 22nd, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

This Hubble telescope image shows the supernova's triple-ring system, including the bright spots along the inner ring of gas surrounding the exploded star. A shock wave of material unleashed by the stellar blast is slamming into regions along the inner ring, heating them up, and causing them to glow. The ring, about a light-year across, was probably shed by the star about 20 000 years before it exploded.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0704f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SN 1987A
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
Esahubble_heic0704f_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 28.0s
DEC = -69° 16’ 11.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.0 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 625.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Infrared (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_heic0704f_1280
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ID
heic0704f
Subject Category
C.3.1.8  
Subject Name
SN 1987A
Credits
NASA, ESA, and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Release Date
2007-02-22T16:55:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0704f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years to the LMC.
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
625, 555, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.8666170256, -69.2697948892
Reference Dimension
326.0, 262.0
Reference Pixel
163.0, 131.0
Scale
-1.78692357148e-06, 1.78692357148e-06
Rotation
0
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
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0704f
Metadata Date
2007-02-20T11:42:34-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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