Hubble Captures Supernova's Light Echo

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Duration: 1 minute

Over a period of two and a half years, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the "light echo" of supernova SN 2014J in galaxy M82, located 11.4 million light-years away.


Tags
Active Galaxies/Quasars, Annotated Observations, Galaxies, Hubble Telescope, Supernovae

Credits

Video: K. Jackson (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center); Music: "Little Effort" by Christopher Franke [BMI]; Killer Tracks Production Music

Publication: November 9, 2017


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