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Full field HST ACS WFC3 with SN

Full field HST ACS WFC3 with SN

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    10h 0m 31.66s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    02° 26' 13.84"
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Sextans
  • 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.
    7.4 billion light-years (2.3 billion 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.
    The image was created from Hubble data from proposal 12440: S. Faber (University of California, Santa Cruz) and H. Ferguson (STScI) et al.
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>WFC3/IR and HST>ACS/WFC
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    December 2011 and January 2012
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    WFC3/IR F125W (J), ACS/WFC F606W (V), and F814W (I)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    SN Mikulski
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Supernova Discovered in Hubble CANDELS Data
  • Release Date
    April 5, 2012
  • Science Release
    Space Astronomy Archive and Distant Supernova Are Named in Honor Of U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, CANDELS Team, Sandra Faber (UC Santa Cruz), Adam Riess (JHU, STScI), Steven Rodney (JHU)

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Full field HST ACS WFC3 with SN
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 and ACS instruments on HST. 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: Red: F125W (J) Blue: F606W (V) Green: 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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