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Kepler’s Supernova Remnant In Visible, X-Ray and Infrared Light

Kepler's Supernova Remnant In Visible, X-Ray and Infrared Light

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    17h 30m 40.79s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    -21° 29' 11.0"
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Ophiuchus
  • 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.
    13,000 light-years (4,000 parsecs)
  • Dimensions
    DimensionsThe physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.
    This image is 5 arcminutes (19 light-years or 5.8 parsecs) wide.

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.
    Chandra Data This image was created from Chandra observations from proposal 01500022: S. Holt (F.W. Olin College of Engineering), U. Hwang, R. Petre, and M. Corcoran (GSFC), E. Gotthelf (Columbia Astrophysics Lab), G. Allen (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech.), J. Keohane (North Carolina). The science team using this data is: R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins Univ.), T. DeLaney (U. Minnesota and Harvard-Smithsonian/Center for Astrophysics), L. Rudnick and J. A. Ennis (U. Minnesota), I. Harrus (Goddard Space Flight Center). Hubble Data This image was created from Hubble observations from proposal 9731:: R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins Univ.), L. Rudnick (U. Minnesota), T. DeLaney (U. Minnesota and Harvard-Smithsonian/Center for Astrophysics), I. Harrus (Goddard Space Flight Center). Spitzer Data This image was created from Spitzer observations from proposal 3413: W. Blair, R. Sankrit, and P. Ghavamian (Johns Hopkins Univ.), K. Borkowski and S. Reynolds (North Carolina State Univ.), and K. Long (Space Telescope Science Inst.).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    CXO>ACIS-S; HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFPC2; SST>MIPS and SST>IRAC
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    June 30, 2000 (CXO), August 28-29, 2003 and May 26, 2004 (HST), August 25, 2004 and September 3, 2004 (SST)
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    CXO: 0.3-6 keV HST: F502N ([O III]), F550M (V), F658N (Halpha+[N II]), F660N ([N II]), and F673N ([S II]) SST: MIPS 24 and 70 micron; IRAC 4.5 and 8 micron
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Kepler's Supernova Remnant, SN 1604, V 843 Ophiuchi, G004.5+06.8
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Supernova Remnant
  • Release Date
    October 6, 2004
  • Science Release
    NASA’s Great Observatories May Unravel 400-Year Old Supernova Mystery
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University)

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Kepler's Supernova Remnant In Visible, X-Ray and Infrared Light
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

Blue: 4-6 keV (CXO) Green: 0.3-1.4 keV (CXO) Yellow: F658 N (Halpha+[N II]) Red: MIPS 24 microns (SST)

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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Claire Andreoli
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