Zoom in on SN 1987A
This video starts with a view of the night sky as seen from the ground and zooms in onto the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. A further zoom shows the remnants of the supernova explosion 1987A, nestled between red-coloured gas, as they are seen by Hubble. The site of the supernova is surrounded by a ring of material that is illuminated by a wave of energy from the outburst. Two faint outer rings are also visible. All three of these rings existed before the explosion.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
About the Video
Id: | heic1704c |
Release date: | 24 February 2017, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1704 |
Duration: | 33 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |