File:N103B from the Hubble.jpg
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DescriptionN103B from the Hubble.jpg |
English: This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-68.7, also known as N103B (top of the image). N103B was a Type Ia supernova, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud— a neighbouring galaxy of the Milky Way. Owing to its relative proximity to Earth, astronomers observe the remnant to search for a potential stellar survivor of the explosion. The orange-red filaments visible in the image show the shock fronts of the supernova explosion. These filaments allow astronomers to calculate the original centre of the explosion. The filaments also show that the explosion is no longer expanding as a sphere, but is elliptical in shape. Astronomers assume that part of material ejected by the explosion hit a denser cloud of interstellar material, which slowed its speed. The shell of expanding material being open to one side supports this idea. The gas in the lower half of the image and the dense concentration of stars in the lower left are the outskirts of the star cluster NGC 1850, which has been observed by Hubble in the past [heic0108]. |
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Author | NASA/Hubble |
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Supernova remnant N103B, as seen from the Hubble Space Telescope
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Date and time of data generation | 16:00, 30 March 2017 |
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Credit/Provider | ESA/Hubble, NASA |
Source | ESA/Hubble |
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Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
Exif version | 2.21 |
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Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Keywords | SNR 0509-68.7 |
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany |
IIM version | 4 |
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