Hubble and Chandra spot a celestial bauble

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esahubble_heic1018b December 14th, 2010

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Hughes

This delicate shell, photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, appears to float serenely in the depths of space, but this apparent calm hides an inner turmoil. The gaseous envelope formed as the expanding blast wave and ejected material from a supernova tore through the nearby interstellar medium. Called SNR B0509-67.5 (or SNR 0509 for short), the bubble is the visible remnant of a powerful stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small galaxy about 160 000 light-years from Earth. Ripples in the shells surface may be caused either by subtle variations in the density of the ambient interstellar gas, or possibly be driven from the interior by fragments from the initial explosion. The bubble-shaped shroud of gas is 23 light-years across and is expanding at more than 18 million km/h. Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys observed the supernova remnant on 28 October 2006 with a filter that isolates light from the glowing hydrogen seen in the expanding shell. These observations were then combined with visible-light images of the surrounding star field that were imaged with Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3 on 4 November 2010, and archival X-ray observations taken by NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1018b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SNR B0509-67.5
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 9m 32.2s
DEC = -67° 31’ 18.3”
Orientation
North is 156.1° CCW
Field of View
1.2 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (H-alpha) -
Orange Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (I) -
Green Hubble (WFC3) Optical (V) -
Green Chandra (ACIS) X-ray -
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray -
Purple Hubble (WFC3) Optical (B) -
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ID
heic1018b
Subject Category
C.4.1.4  
Subject Name
SNR B0509-67.5
Credits
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Hughes
Release Date
2010-12-14T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1018b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra, Chandra, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, WFC3, WFC3, ACIS, ACIS, WFC3
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Green, Green, Blue, Purple
Band
Optical, Infrared, Optical, X-ray, X-ray, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, I, V, -, -, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
77.3841441993, -67.5217480943
Reference Dimension
2942.0, 2283.0
Reference Pixel
1471.0, 1141.5
Scale
-6.94308028412e-06, 6.94308028412e-06
Rotation
156.08000000000007
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
heic1018b
Metadata Date
2010-12-03T08:56:34-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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