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.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9714a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 12 May 1997, 17:00 |
| Size: | 2400 x 3000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, SN 1987A |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova • Stars Images/Videos • Miscellaneous Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
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 |
