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About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    09h 55m 52.72s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    69° 40' 45.76"
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Ursa Major
  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    11.5 million light-years (3.5 million parsecs)

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    Galaxy M82: The pre-supernova data are from Hubble proposal 10776: M. Mountain (STScI), J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin-Madison), P. Puxley (Gemini Observatory), and the Hubble Heritage Team: K. Noll (NASA/GSFC), C. Christian, L. Frattare, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, W. Januszewski, and T. Royle (STScI/AURA), and H. Bond (STScI/Pennsylvania State University). Inset supernova image: The post-supernova data are from Hubble proposal 13621: A. Goobar and R. Amanullah (Stockholm University), Y. Cao (Caltech), and P. Nugent (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>ACS/WFC (galaxy), HST>WFC3/UVIS (supernova)
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    March 27-29, 2006, Exposure Time: 13.7 hours (galaxy), January 31, 2014, Exposure Time: 1.5 seconds (supernova)
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    Galaxy M82: F435W (B), F555W (V), F658N (H-alpha), and F814W (I) Inset supernova image: F438W (B), F555W (V), and F814W (I)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    SN 2014J and M82, NGC 3034
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Starburst Galaxy and Supernova
  • Release Date
    February 26, 2014
  • Science Release
    Hubble Monitors Supernova in Nearby Galaxy M82
    Read the release
  • Credits
    NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)

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Compass and Scale Image of Main Image
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

This composite image includes exposures acquired by the WFC3 and ACS instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Galaxy M82: Blue: F435W (B) Green: F555W (V) Orange: F658N (H-alpha) Red: F814W (I) Inset supernova image: Blue: F438W (B) Green: F555W (V) Red: F814W (I)

Compass and Scale
Compass and ScaleAn astronomical image with a scale that shows how large an object is on the sky, a compass that shows how the object is oriented on the sky, and the filters with which the image was made.

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