STIS chemically analyzes the ring around supernova 1987a
These images from the Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) provide a new and unprecedented look at one of the most unique and complex structures in the universe -- a light-year wide ring of glowing gas around supernova 1987A, the nearest stellar explosion in 400 years, which occurred in February 1987.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, SN 1987A |
| Type: | Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical OIII |
Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |
| Optical H-alpha + NII |
Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |
| Optical SII |
Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |
| Optical H-alpha |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |