Kepler's Supernova Remnant, SN 1604, V 843 Ophiuchi, G004.5+06.8

13,000 light-years (4,000 parsecs)

This image is 5 arcminutes (19 light-years or 5.8 parsecs) wide.

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.).

MIPS: 24 and 70 micron
IRAC: 4.5 and 8 micron

NASA, ESA, R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University)