Wide-Field View of the Supernova Remnant 1E 0102.2-7219

Esahubble_heic2102b_1024

esahubble_heic2102b January 15th, 2021

Credit: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Pictured here is the region of sky around the supernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219. Researchers have studied the Hubble archive looking for visible-light images of the supernova remnant and they have analysed the data to calculate a more accurate estimate of the age and centre of the supernova blast.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2102b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
1E 0102.2-7219
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
Esahubble_heic2102b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 3m 51.1s
DEC = -72° 3’ 35.7”
Orientation
North is 2.4° CCW
Field of View
2.1 x 1.5 degrees
Constellation
Tucana

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Orange
Esahubble_heic2102b_1280
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ID
heic2102b
Subject Category
C.4.1.4  
Subject Name
1E 0102.2-7219
Credits
ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2021-01-15T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic2102b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Cyan, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, I
Central Wavelength
649, 825
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
15.96275566019066, -72.05990782923904
Reference Dimension
7339.0, 5235.0
Reference Pixel
3669.5, 2617.5
Scale
-0.0002832150123708995, 0.0002832150123708995
Rotation
2.4400000000000004
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic2102b
Metadata Date
2021-01-07T16:32:22+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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