Celestial composition

Esahubble_opo0324a_1024

esahubble_opo0324a September 4th, 2003

Credit: NASA/ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team and A. Riess (STScI)

Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, the majestic dusty spiral, NGC 3370, looms in the foreground in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Recent observations taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys show intricate spiral arm structure spotted with hot areas of new star formation. But this galaxy is more than just a pretty face. Nearly 10 years earlier NGC 3370, in the constellation Leo, hosted a bright exploding star. In November 1994, the light of a supernova in nearby NGC 3370 reached Earth. This stellar outburst briefly outshone all of the tens of billions of other stars in its galaxy. Although supernovae are common, with one exploding every few seconds somewhere in the universe, this one was special. Designated SN 1994ae, this supernova was one of the nearest and best observed supernovae since the advent of modern, digital detectors. It resides 98 million light-years (30 megaparsecs) from Earth. The supernova was also a member of a special subclass of supernovae, the type Ia, the best tool astronomers have to chart the growth rate of the expanding universe.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0324a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 3370 SN 1994AE
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 47m 6.3s
DEC = 17° 16’ 25.5”
Orientation
North is 159.7° CCW
Field of View
3.3 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0324a
Subject Category
C.3.1.8   C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 3370, SN 1994AE
Credits
NASA/ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team and A. Riess (STScI)
Release Date
2003-09-04T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0324a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 555, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
161.7761118, 17.2737543
Reference Dimension
6031.0, 4456.0
Reference Pixel
3016.5, 2229.0
Scale
9.23736749338e-06, 9.23872828496e-06
Rotation
159.7
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo0324a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:28:50+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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