First hint of knot STIS H-alpha
This image from the Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) shows a new and unprecedented look at the 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: | SN 1987A |
| Type: | Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical H-alpha |
Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |