A bright supernova in the nearby galaxy NGC 2403
The explosion of a massive star blazes with the light of 200 million Suns in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The arrow at top right points to the stellar blast, called a supernova. The supernova is so bright in this image that it easily could be mistaken for a foreground star in our Milky Way Galaxy. And yet, this supernova, called SN 2004dj, resides far beyond our galaxy. Its home is in the outskirts of NGC 2403, a galaxy located 11 million light-years from Earth. Although the supernova is far from Earth, it is the closest stellar explosion discovered in more than a decade.
Credit:About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo0423a |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 2 September 2004, 15:00 |
| Size: | 3880 x 3952 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 2403, SN 2004dj |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 12 million light years |
| Constellation: | Camelopardalis |
| Category: | Stars |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 7 36 58.45 |
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| Position (Dec): | 65° 36' 8.43" |
| Field of view: | 3.23 x 3.30 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 140.0° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 475 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical H-alpha | 658 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |