Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
SN 1006, SNR 327.6+14.6 |
| Object Description: |
Remnant from 1006 A.D. Supernova Event |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 15h 02m 48s.40
Dec. -41° 54' 42".00 |
| Constellation: |
Lupus |
| Distance: |
6,850 light-years or 2,100 parsecs |
| Dimensions: |
The image is approximately 2.5 arcminutes (5 light-years or 1.5 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from proposal 10577: J. Raymond (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University), R. Sankrit (University of California, Berkeley), K. Korreck (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), and P. Ghavamian (STScI) and 11017: K. Noll, H. Bond, C. Christian, L. Frattare, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, and W. Januszewski (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI) and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC and WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
February 2006 and April 2008 |
| Exposure Time: |
7.5 hour |
| Filters: |
F439W (B), F555W (V), F658 N (H-alpha+[N II]), and F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release Date: |
July 1, 2008 |
| Color |
This image combines several exposures in both ACS and WFPC2. The ACS images were exposed through a filter transmitting the light of hydrogen, and the WFPC2 images were made through three filters transmitting wide bands of color in the red and near infrared, yellow- green, and blue portions of the spectrum. In the color composite, the ACS image is shown in red, the WFPC2 red/IR filter images are shown in red-orange, yellow-green filter images in green, and blue filter images in blue-violet.
| ACS |
F658 N (H-alpha+[N II]) |
red |
| WFPC2 |
F439W (B) |
blue |
| WFPC2 |
F555W (V) |
green |
| WFPC2 |
F814W (I) |
red |
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| Orientation: |
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