SN 1996cr in Circinus galaxy

This composite image shows the central regions of the nearby Circinus galaxy, located about 12 million light years away. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in blue and data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space telescope is shown in yellow ("I-band"), red (hydrogen emission), cyan ("V-band") and light blue (oxygen emission). The blue source near the lower right hand corner of the image is the supernova SN 1996cr, that has finally been identified over a decade after it exploded. The supernova was first singled out in 2001 as a bright, variable object in a Chandra image, but it was not confirmed as a supernova until years later, when clues from a spectrum obtained with ESO's Very Large Telescope led the team to start the real detective work of searching through data from 18 different telescopes, both ground- and space-based, nearly all of which was in the archives. SN 1996cr is one of the nearest supernovae in the last 25 years.

Credit:

X-ray (NASA/CXC/Columbia/F.Bauer et al); Visible light (NASA/STScI/UMD/A.Wilson et al.)

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0832a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:25 september 2008
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0832
Grootte:2400 x 1999 px

Over het object

Naam:Circinus Galaxy
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova
Afstand:13 miljoen lichtjaren
Constellation:Circinus
Categorie:Galaxies
Stars

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Coordinates

Position (RA):14 13 9.38
Position (Dec):-65° 20' 22.93"
Field of view:0.72 x 0.60 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 62.2° left of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandGolflengteTelescoop
Optisch
OIII
502 nmHubble Space Telescope
ACS
RöntgenChandra X-ray Observatory
Optisch
V
547 nmHubble Space Telescope
ACS
Infrarood
I
814 nmHubble Space Telescope
ACS
Optisch
H-alpha
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS