Last colour photo before the supernova explosion in LMC

Eso_eso8705d_1024

eso_eso8705d March 3rd, 1987

Credit: ESO

Last colour photo before the supernova explosion in LMC. This colour photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) was obtained with a 6 x 6 camera mounted piggy-back on a large telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory, on February 23 at UT 01:00, a few hours before the supernova exploded. It is the last colour photo obtained before this event. Comparing this photo with a similar one obtained two days later, and which shows the supernova reveals a faint star at the position of the supernova; it is the progenitor Sanduleak -69 202, a 12th magnitude B3 I star.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8705d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
LMC
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Irregular
Eso_eso8705d_1280
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ID
eso8705d
Subject Category
C.5.1.6  
Subject Name
LMC
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1987-03-03T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8705d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
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Rotation
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Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Zeutschel Omniscan 11
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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso8705d
Metadata Date
2009-12-10T20:02:18+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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