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Collection:
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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
Collection
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Dusty Death of a Massive Star
Title
Dusty Death of a Massive Star
Title
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Description:
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The supernova remnant1E0102.2-7219 (inset) sits next to the nebula N76 in a bright, star-forming region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy located about 200,000 light-years from Earth. A supernova remnant is made up of the messy bits and pieces of a massive star that exploded, or went supernova. The image on the right shows glowing dust grains in three wavelengths of infrared radiation: 24 microns (red) measured by the multiband imaging photometer aboard NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope; and 8.0 microns (green) and 3.6 microns (blue) measured by Spitzer's infrared array camera. The red bubble is a dust envelope around the supernova remnant E0102, which is being heated by the shock wave created in the explosion of the remnant's massive progenitor star some 1,000 years ago. Most of the blue stars are in the Small Magellanic Cloud, though some are in our own galaxy.
The close-up of E0102 on the left is a composite of the infrared observations by Spitzer (red), an optical image (0.5 microns) captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (green), and X-ray measurements by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue). The X-ray ring is generated when the reverse shock slams into stellar material that was expelled during the explosion.
Description
The supernova remnant1E0102.2-7219 (inset) sits next to the nebula N76 in a bright, star-forming region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy located about 200,000 light-years from Earth. A supernova remnant is made up of the messy bits and pieces of a massive star that exploded, or went supernova. The image on the right shows glowing dust grains in three wavelengths of infrared radiation: 24 microns (red) measured by the multiband imaging photometer aboard NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope; and 8.0 microns (green) and 3.6 microns (blue) measured by Spitzer's infrared array camera. The red bubble is a dust envelope around the supernova remnant E0102, which is being heated by the shock wave created in the explosion of the remnant's massive progenitor star some 1,000 years ago. Most of the blue stars are in the Small Magellanic Cloud, though some are in our own galaxy.
The close-up of E0102 on the left is a composite of the infrared observations by Spitzer (red), an optical image (0.5 microns) captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (green), and X-ray measurements by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue). The X-ray ring is generated when the reverse shock slams into stellar material that was expelled during the explosion.
Description
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Release Date:
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2006/06/06
Release_Date
2006/06/06
Release Date
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Release Credit:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stanimirovic (UC Berkeley)
Release_Credit
NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stanimirovic (UC Berkeley)
Release Credit
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stanimirovic (UC Berkeley)
Image_Credit
NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stanimirovic (UC Berkeley)
Image Credit
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Object name:
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E0102
Object_name
E0102
Object name
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Object name:
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E0102.2-7219
Object_name
E0102.2-7219
Object name
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Object name:
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N76
Object_name
N76
Object name
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Object type:
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oxygen-rich supernova remnant
Object_type
oxygen-rich supernova remnant
Object type
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Position (J2000):
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*RA: *01h04m1.60s *Dec: *-72d01m54.00s
Position_(J2000)
*RA: *01h04m1.60s *Dec: *-72d01m54.00s
Position (J2000)
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Distance:
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200,000 light-years, or 60 kpc
Distance
200,000 light-years, or 60 kpc
Distance
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Wavelength:
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Left Image: Chandra's ACIS (X-ray), Hubble's WFPC2 (0.5 microns), Spitzer's MIPS (24 microns); Right Image: 3.6 (blue), 8.0 (green
Wavelength
Left Image: Chandra's ACIS (X-ray), Hubble's WFPC2 (0.5 microns), Spitzer's MIPS (24 microns); Right Image: 3.6 (blue), 8.0 (green
Wavelength
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Wavelength:
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X-ray (blue), OIII line at 0.5 microns (green)
Wavelength
X-ray (blue), OIII line at 0.5 microns (green)
Wavelength
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Image scale:
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1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes (left); 20x20 arcmin (right)
Image_scale
1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes (left); 20x20 arcmin (right)
Image scale
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Observers:
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Alberto Bolatto (University of California, Berkeley)
Snezana Stanimirovic (University of California, Berkeley)
Frank Israel (Leiden Observatory)
James Jackson (Boston University)
Adam Leroy (University of California, Berkeley)
Aigen Li (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Ronak Shah (Boston University)
Josh Simon (Caltech)
Lister Staveley-Smith (Australia Telescope National Facility)
Observers
Alberto Bolatto (University of California, Berkeley)
Snezana Stanimirovic (University of California, Berkeley)
Frank Israel (Leiden Observatory)
James Jackson (Boston University)
Adam Leroy (University of California, Berkeley)
Aigen Li (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Ronak Shah (Boston University)
Josh Simon (Caltech)
Lister Staveley-Smith (Australia Telescope National Facility)
Observers
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Instrument:
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IRAC MIPS
Instrument
IRAC MIPS
Instrument
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Instrument:
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Chandra's ACIS, Hubble's WFPC2
Instrument
Chandra's ACIS, Hubble's WFPC2
Instrument
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Exposure Date:
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2005/05/08
Exposure_Date
2005/05/08
Exposure Date
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Exposure Time:
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6 hours
Exposure_Time
6 hours
Exposure Time
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Orientation:
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North is up
Orientation
North is up
Orientation
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note:
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*Spitzer IRAC-MIPS image* Screen-Resolution (450x450): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas…sig06-016a_small.jpg ] High-Resolution (1778x1778): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stanimirovic (UC Berkeley)
note
*Spitzer IRAC-MIPS image* Screen-Resolution (450x450): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas…sig06-016a_small.jpg ] High-Resolution (1778x1778): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stanimirovic (UC Berkeley) note
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note:
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*Spitzer-Hubble-Chan dra closeup* Screen-Resolution (450x450): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas…sig06-016b_small.jpg ] High-Resolution (1191x1191): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA
note
*Spitzer-Hubble-Chan dra closeup* Screen-Resolution (450x450): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas…sig06-016b_small.jpg ] High-Resolution (1191x1191): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA note
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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Earth
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Earth
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MIPS
facet_what
MIPS
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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
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Columbia
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Columbia
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO)
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO)
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California
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California
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Missouri
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Missouri
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Milky Way Galaxy
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Milky Way Galaxy
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Boston
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Boston
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Small Magellanic Cloud
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Small Magellanic Cloud
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Australia
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Australia
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Israel
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Israel
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Jackson
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Jackson
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
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Image #:
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sig06-016
Image_#
sig06-016
Image #
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original url:
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original_url
original url
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UID:
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SPD-SPITZ-sig06-016
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SPD-SPITZ-sig06-016
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