Shocked region around SN 1987A
This image shows the entire region around supernova 1987A. The most prominent feature in the image is a ring with dozens of bright spots. A shock wave of material unleashed by the stellar blast is slamming into regions along the ring's inner regions, heating them up, and causing them to glow. The ring, about a light-year across, was probably shed by the star about 20,000 years before it exploded.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo1030a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 2 September 2010, 20:00 |
| Size: | 655 x 528 px |
About the Object
| Name: | SN 1987A |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova • Stars Images/Videos • Nebulae Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical R |
625 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical H-alpha + Nii |
Hubble Space Telescope ACS | |
| Ultraviolet G140L |
142 nm | Hubble Space Telescope STIS |
| Optical G750L |
775 nm | Hubble Space Telescope STIS |
