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News Release 7 of 151
February 22, 2007 10:00 AM (EST)
News Release Number: STScI-2007-10
NASA's Hubble Telescope Celebrates SN 1987A's 20th Anniversary
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Video: SN 1987A 1994-2006 - Annotated
Running Time: 9 seconds
A time-lapse sequence of 12 years of Hubble observing SN 1987A shows the onrushing stellar shock wave from the stellar explosion as it is slamming into, heating up, and illuminating the inner regions of the narrow ring surrounding the doomed star.
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SN 1987A 1994-2006 - Annotated
Running Time: 9 seconds
SN 1987A 1994-2006 - Unannotated
Running Time: 9 seconds
SN 1987A Debris Sequence 1994-2006 (Annotated)
Running Time: 9 seconds
SN 1987A Debris Sequence 1994-2006 (Unannotated)
Running Time: 9 seconds
