esahubble_opo9802c January 8th, 1998
Credit: Peter Garnavich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the High-z Supernova Search Team, and NASA/ESA
These supernovae belong to a class called Type Ia, which are considered reliable distance indicators. Looking at great distances also means looking back in time because of the finite velocity of light.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9802c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
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