Farthest Supernova Ever - SN 1997ff
This photo is a close-up view of that region. The white arrow points to the exploding star's home galaxy, a faint elliptical. Its redness is due to the billions of old stars residing there.
Credit:
NASA/ESA, Adam Riess ( Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0109c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 2 April 2001, 19:00 |
| Size: | 342 x 342 px |
About the Object
| Name: | SN 1997FF |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova • Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field • Stars Images/Videos • Cosmology Images/Videos |
| Distance: | z=1.7 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared J |
1.1 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared H |
1.6 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
