Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
SN 2005gl in NGC 266 |
| Object Description: |
Supernova in a barred spiral galaxy |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 00h 49m 50s.02
Dec. +32° 16' 56".80 |
| Constellation: |
Pisces |
| Distance: |
215 million light-years or 66 megaparsecs |
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| About the Data |
| Note: |
The Keck data were obtained using the Near Infrared Camera 2 (NIRC2) behind the laser-guide-star-assisted adaptive optics system at the Keck II telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, on November 11, 2005.
Credit for the Keck image: A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), D. Leonard (San Diego State University), and D. Fox (Pennsylvania State University).
The ground-based image of NGC 266 showing SN 2005gl was provided by The Puckett Observatory Supernova World Search Team.
Credit: Puckett Observatory
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| Data Description: |
The Hubble images were created from HST data from proposals 6837: L. Ho (Carnegie Institution of Washington), A. Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley), and W. Sargent (California Institute of Technology); and 11105 A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel).
The science team for SN 2005gl comprises A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) and D. Leonard (San Diego State University).
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| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
June 1997 and September 2007 |
| Filters: |
F547M (Strömgren y) |
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| About the Release |
| Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) |
| Release Date: |
March 22, 2009 |
| Orientation/Scale: |
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