Oxygen-Rich Supernova

Oxygen-Rich Supernova

This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the tattered debris of a star that exploded 3, 000 years ago as a supernova. This supernova remnant, called N132D, lies 169, 000 light-years away in the satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Credit:

Jon A. Morse (STScI), William P. Blair (PI; JHU), Michael A. Dopita (MSSSO), Robert P. Kirshner (Harvard), Knox S. Long (STScI), Jon A. Morse (STScI), John C. Raymond (SAO), Ralph S. Sutherland (UC-Boulder), P. Frank Winkler (Middlebury) and NASA/ESA

Usage of ESA/Hubble Images and Videos
Are you a journalist? Subscribe to the ESA/Hubble Media Newsletter.

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9513a
Type:Observation
Release date:10 April 1995, 06:00
Size:630 x 630 px

About the Object

Name:IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, N132D, Supernova Remnant
Type:Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Distance:170000 light years
Constellation:Dorado
Category:Nebulae

Image Formats

r.titleFullsize Original
1.2 MB
r.titleLarge JPEG
331.1 KB
r.titleScreensize JPEG
519.4 KB

Coordinates

Position (RA):5 25 0.13
Position (Dec):-69° 38' 22.18"
Field of view:1.04 x 1.04 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 12.4° left of vertical
View in ESASky:
ESASky
View in WorldWide Telescope:
View in WorldWide Telescope

Colours & filters

BandTelescope
Optical
OII		 Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Optical
OIII		 Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Optical
SII		 Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Privacy policy Accelerated by CDN77