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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks on Earth. In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova, and begun to dissipate its interior into a spectacular display of colorful filaments. The greenish-blue supernova remnant, E0102, resides 50 light-years away from the edge of a bright glowing massive star-forming region.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks on Earth. In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova, and begun to dissipate its interior into a spectacular display of colorful filaments. The greenish-blue supernova remnant, E0102, resides 50 light-years away from the edge of a bright glowing massive star-forming region.
*Acknowledgment:* J. Green (University of Colorado, Boulder)
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*Acknowledgment:* J. Green (University of Colorado, Boulder)
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About the Object Object Name: E0102, 1E0102.2-7219 Object Description: Supernova Remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud Position (J2000): R.A. 01h 04m 1s.50 Dec. -72° 01' 55".7 Constellation: Tucana Distance: The distance to the SMC is roughly 210,000 light-years (64 kiloparsecs). Dimensions: This image is roughly 3.0 arcminutes (180 light-years or 56 parsecs) wide. About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST data from proposals 12001: J. Green, N. Smith, E. Wilkinson, and M. Shull (University of Colorado, Boulder), J. Morse (NASA/GSFC), and B. Welsh (University of California, Berkeley); and 6052: J. Morse (NASA/GSFC), M. Dopita (Australian National University), W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University), J. Raymond (Rutgers University), J. Hughes (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), R. Kirshner (Harvard University), K. Long (STScI), R. Sutherland (University of Colorado, Boulder), and F. Winkler (Middlebury College). Instrument: ACS/WFC WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): October 15/16, 2003 July 4, 1995 Exposure Time: 3.4 hours 47 minutes Filters: F435W("B"), F550M("V"), F658N(H alpha), F775W("i") F502N ([O III]) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Release Date: July 31, 2006 Color:
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS and WFPC2 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Five filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
F435W("B") blue F502N ([O III]) blue-green F550M("V") green F658N(H alpha) red-orange F775W("i") red
Orientation/Scale: Supernova Remnant E0102 in the Small Magellanic Cloud [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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About the Object Object Name: E0102, 1E0102.2-7219 Object Description: Supernova Remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud Position (J2000): R.A. 01h 04m 1s.50 Dec. -72° 01' 55".7 Constellation: Tucana Distance: The distance to the SMC is roughly 210,000 light-years (64 kiloparsecs). Dimensions: This image is roughly 3.0 arcminutes (180 light-years or 56 parsecs) wide. About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST data from proposals 12001: J. Green, N. Smith, E. Wilkinson, and M. Shull (University of Colorado, Boulder), J. Morse (NASA/GSFC), and B. Welsh (University of California, Berkeley); and 6052: J. Morse (NASA/GSFC), M. Dopita (Australian National University), W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University), J. Raymond (Rutgers University), J. Hughes (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), R. Kirshner (Harvard University), K. Long (STScI), R. Sutherland (University of Colorado, Boulder), and F. Winkler (Middlebury College). Instrument: ACS/WFC WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): October 15/16, 2003 July 4, 1995 Exposure Time: 3.4 hours 47 minutes Filters: F435W("B"), F550M("V"), F658N(H alpha), F775W("i") F502N ([O III]) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Release Date: July 31, 2006 Color:
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS and WFPC2 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Five filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
F435W("B") blue F502N ([O III]) blue-green F550M("V") green F658N(H alpha) red-orange F775W("i") red
Orientation/Scale: Supernova Remnant E0102 in the Small Magellanic Cloud [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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*Release Date*:July 31, 2006 09:00 AM (EDT)
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2006-35a
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*Title*:Extraterrest rial Fireworks
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*Title*:Extraterrest rial Fireworks
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*Description*:
Reminiscent of a U.S. July 4 Independence Day celebration, here is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks on Earth. In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova, and begun to dissipate its interior into a spectacular display of colorful filaments.
The supernova remnant (SNR), known as "E0102" for short, is the greenish-blue shell of debris just below the center of the Hubble image. Its name is derived from its cataloged placement (or coordinates) in the celestial sphere. More formally known as 1E0102.2-7219, it is located almost 50 light-years away from the edge of the massive star-forming region, N 76, also known as Henize 1956 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. This delicate structure, glowing a multitude of lavenders and peach hues, resides in the upper right of the image.
Determined to be only about 2,000 years old, E0102 is relatively young on astronomical scales and is just beginning its interactions with the nearby interstellar medium. Young supernova remnants like E0102 allow astronomers to examine material from the cores of massive stars directly. This in turn gives insight on how stars form, their composition, and the chemical enrichment of the surrounding area. As well, young remnants are a great learning tool to better understand the physics of supernova explosions.
E0102 was observed in 2003 with the Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys. Four filters that isolate light from blue, visible, and infrared wavelengths and hydrogen emission were combined with oxygen emission images of the SNR taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in 1995.
The Small Magellanic Cloud is a nearby dwarf galaxy to our own Milky Way. It is visible in the Southern Hemisphere, in the direction of the constellation Tucana, and lies roughly 210,000 light-years distant.
For more information, please contact: Keith Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md., (phone) 410-338-1828, (e-mail) noll@stsci.edu or James Green, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Astrophysics Research Laboratory, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co., (phone) 303-492-7645, (e-mail) jgreen@casa.colorado .edu.
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*Description*:
Reminiscent of a U.S. July 4 Independence Day celebration, here is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks on Earth. In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova, and begun to dissipate its interior into a spectacular display of colorful filaments.
The supernova remnant (SNR), known as "E0102" for short, is the greenish-blue shell of debris just below the center of the Hubble image. Its name is derived from its cataloged placement (or coordinates) in the celestial sphere. More formally known as 1E0102.2-7219, it is located almost 50 light-years away from the edge of the massive star-forming region, N 76, also known as Henize 1956 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. This delicate structure, glowing a multitude of lavenders and peach hues, resides in the upper right of the image.
Determined to be only about 2,000 years old, E0102 is relatively young on astronomical scales and is just beginning its interactions with the nearby interstellar medium. Young supernova remnants like E0102 allow astronomers to examine material from the cores of massive stars directly. This in turn gives insight on how stars form, their composition, and the chemical enrichment of the surrounding area. As well, young remnants are a great learning tool to better understand the physics of supernova explosions.
E0102 was observed in 2003 with the Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys. Four filters that isolate light from blue, visible, and infrared wavelengths and hydrogen emission were combined with oxygen emission images of the SNR taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in 1995.
The Small Magellanic Cloud is a nearby dwarf galaxy to our own Milky Way. It is visible in the Southern Hemisphere, in the direction of the constellation Tucana, and lies roughly 210,000 light-years distant.
For more information, please contact: Keith Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md., (phone) 410-338-1828, (e-mail) noll@stsci.edu or James Green, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Astrophysics Research Laboratory, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co., (phone) 303-492-7645, (e-mail) jgreen@casa.colorado .edu.
