Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
LMC N 63A |
| Object Description: |
Supernova Remnant |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 05h 35m 43s Dec. -66° 02' 32" |
| Constellation: |
Dorado |
| Distance: |
The distance to the LMC is roughly 160,000 light-years (50 kpc). |
| Dimensions: |
This image is 1.4 arcminutes (68 light-years or 21 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image is a composite of archived Hubble observations from proposal 6698 by Y.-H. Chu, R. Williams, J. Dickel , A. Caulet, and R. Klinger (University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign), and E.Gotthelf (Columbia Astrophysics Lab); and proposal 8110 by Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign), D. Bomans (Universitat Bochum, Astronomisches Institut), G. Garcia-Segura (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), A. Laval (Observatoire de Marseille), S. Points (Cerro Tololo Interamerican Obs.), M. Rosado (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), K. Weis (Universitat Bochum, Astronomisches Institut), and H. Yang (Rice University). The main science team is composed of Y.-H. Chu, R. Williams, and J. Dickel (University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
October 8, 1997 and September 12, 2000 |
| Exposure Time: |
1.3 hours |
| Filters: |
F502N ([O III]), F656N (Hα), F673N ([S II]) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release Date: |
June 7, 2005 |
| Orientation: |
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