Hubble Space Telescope: Kepler's supernova remnant (close-up, visible-light data)

Esahubble_opo0429l_1024

esahubble_opo0429l October 6th, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Four hundred years ago a "new star" appeared in the western sky, rivaling the brilliance of the nearby planets. In fact this 'new star' was a supernova, now named Kepler's supernova, and was the last such object seen to explode in our Milky Way galaxy.Seen here are some of its remains. This image was taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) with filters onboard to isolate visible light emitted by hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen in the remnant but let through starlight from foreground and background stars. The image reveals in Kepler's supernova remnant the detailed knots, which aredense clumps that form behind the outward moving shock wave, and filamentary ribbons, whichreveal where the shock wave is encountering lower-density, more uniform interstellar material.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429l/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Kepler's SN
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
Esahubble_opo0429l_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 30m 37.9s
DEC = -21° 28’ 44.6”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.7 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (ACS) Optical (Nii) 660.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha + Nii) 658.0 nm
Hubble (ACS) Optical (Oiii) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0429l_1280
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ID
opo0429l
Subject Category
B.4.1.4  
Subject Name
Kepler's SN
Credits
NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2004-10-06T18:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429l/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, WFPC2, ACS
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Nii, H-alpha + Nii, Oiii
Central Wavelength
660, 658, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
262.658046772, -21.47905874
Reference Dimension
2008.0, 2496.0
Reference Pixel
1004.0, 1248.0
Scale
-1.38812244251e-05, 1.38812244251e-05
Rotation
-0.039999999999999994
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
opo0429l
Metadata Date
2004-10-01T16:29:48-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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