Comparison of visible hydrogen emission in the NW filament of SN 1006 in data taken at the CTIO 0.9m telescope (H-alpha, continuum-subtracted; Winkler, et al.) in 1998 (shown in green), and the Hubble ACS data (Raymond et. al) in 2006 (shown in red). The stellar background is from WFPC2 broadband B, V, and I data from 2008 (Hubble Heritage Team).
Credits
Illustration: NASA, ESA, and L. Frattare (STScI);Science: Hubble data: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); CTIO data: Winkler/CTIO/NOAO/AURA
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | SN 1006, SNR 327.6+14.6 |
| Object Description | Remnant from 1006 A.D. Supernova Event |
| R.A. Position | 15h 2m 48.39s |
| Dec. Position | -41° 54' 42.0" |
| Constellation | Lupus |
| Distance | 6,850 light-years or 2,100 parsecs |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | HST Proposal: 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 : 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 | CTIO>Schmidt and HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFPC2 |
| Exposure Dates | 1998 (CTIO), February 2006 and April 2008, Exposure Time: 7.5 hour (HST) |
| Filters | WFPC2: F439W (B), F555W (V), and F814W (I) ACS: F658 N (H-alpha+[N II]) Schmidt |
| About The Object | |
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| Object Name | A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object. |
| Object Description | The type of astronomical object. |
| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Dec. Position | Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Constellation | One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears. |
| Distance | The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs. |
| Dimensions | The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description |
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| Instrument | The science instrument used to produce the data. |
| Exposure Dates | The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time. |
| Filters | The camera filters that were used in the science observations. |
| About The Image | |
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| Color Info | A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented. |
| Orientation | The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere. |
