The evolution of SN 1987A
eso_02_sn-1987a_cc March 12th, 2010
Credit: ESO
H-alpha image captured by the NTT, at La Silla Observatory, on 1 December 1991, almost five years after the explosion. The image clearly shows an inner oval nebula as well as outer filaments. During the months following the explosion SN 1987A reached a remarkable maximum magnitude 3, and during the following years displayed various interesting phenomena which had never been observed before. SN 1987A is located in the South-West of the Tarantula Nebula, a huge star formation region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This supernova is one of the most studied objects in modern astronomy and ESO telescopes have played a major role in this campaign. More information in ESO Messenger 66, p34-35: http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.66-dec91/messenger-no66.pdf
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/02_sn-1987a_cc/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- 02_sn-1987a_cc
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- SN 1987A
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2010-03-12T18:51:37
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/02_sn-1987a_cc/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- New Technology Telescope
- Instrument
- EMMI
- Color Assignment
- Orange
- Band
- Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha
- Central Wavelength
- 656
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- 600
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- 02_sn-1987a_cc
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/02_sn-1987a_cc.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-06-07T16:23:20+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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