Supernova Remnant LMC N132D

Supernova remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud

About the colours

The image is a composite of separate exposures made by the WFC3 and ACS instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Five filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Pink: F850LP (z) Orange: F658N (H-alpha + [N II]) White: F673N ([S II]) Green: F550M (y) Blue: F475W (g)

About the data

The Hubble images/spectrum were created from data from proposal 11503 : K. Noll (STScI) and J. Green, C. Froning, and K. France (University of Colorado, Boulder); and proposal 12001 : J. Green (University of Colorado, Boulder).

Acknowledgments for N132D Observers: K. Noll (STScI) and J. Green, C. Froning, and K. France (University of Colorado, Boulder) Data Analysis: J. Anderson and M. Mutchler (STScI), and C. Froning and J. Green (University of Colorado, Boulder) Image Composition: Z. Levay and L. Frattare (STScI) Text: L. Frattare, D. Weaver, and R. Villard (STScI) Illustrations: A. Feild and Z. Levay (STScI) Video Animation: G. Bacon (STScI) Science Consultants: M. Livio (STScI) and C. Froning and J. Green (University of Colorado, Boulder)