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Ring Around Supernova 1987A (SN1987A) – February 6, 1996 — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Ring Around Supernova 1987A (SN1987A) – February 6, 1996

February 19, 2004 · NASA · Dorado

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Facts

Object: SN1987A
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: Approximately 160,000 light-years away (49 kiloparsecs)
Released: February 19, 2004
Position: RA 05h 35m 28s · Dec −69° 16′ 13″
Field of view: 33.12′
Instrument: HST>WFPC2
Observed: February 6, 1996
Image size: 564 × 444 px
Category: Stars
Source: NASA

Credit

NASA , P. Challis, R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and B. Sugerman ( STScI )

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