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Supernova 1987A: February 6, 1998 (SN 1987A) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Supernova 1987A: February 6, 1998

February 22, 2007 · NASA · SN 1987A · Dorado

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About the data

The primary image released comes from ACS/HRC data from the HST proposal 10867 : R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).