File:STIS chemically analyzes the ring around supernova 1987a (opo9714a).jpg
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English: These images from the Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) provide a new and unprecedented look at one of the most unique and complex structures in the universe -- a light-year wide ring of glowing gas around supernova 1987A, the nearest stellar explosion in 400 years, which occurred in February 1987. |
Date | 12 May 1997 (upload date) |
Source | STIS chemically analyzes the ring around supernova 1987a |
Author | George Sonneborn (GSFC) and NASA/ESA |
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Credit/Provider | George Sonneborn (GSFC) and NASA/ESA |
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Date and time of data generation | 17:00, 12 May 1997 |
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http://www.spacetelescope.org/ Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany |
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