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The region around Cassiopeia A (ground-based image) (Cassiopeia A , SN 1680) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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The region around Cassiopeia A (ground-based image)

August 29, 2006 · ESA/Hubble · Cassiopeia A , SN 1680 · Cassiopeia

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The two-colour image shows an overview of area of Cas A and was composed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 . The field of view is slightly less than 3 degrees.