Astronomy
So what exactly is that red stripe in the picture? The picture is one of the latest from the Hubble Space Telescope, and the main focus of the image is a red trail of gas. This gas is part of the remnant of a supernova that took place in our galaxy, and lies 6,850 light years away from Earth. So what supernova caused this?
- Hubble's 100,000th Orbit
The Hubble Space Telescope has just recently completed its 100,000th orbit around Earth today, August 11, 2008. The telescope reached that milestone above the Pacific Ocean (Illustration above). It has been a long journey for this famous telescope, 18...
- A Humongous Star Explosion
The "SN 2006gy" explosion took place in the galaxy called NGC 1260, 240 million light-years away. It was 100 times more powerful than most typical supernovas, the brightest and most energetic ever recorded. It was first detected in September 2006, using...
- The Firehead Supernova N 63a
It is estimated that the progenitor of the supernova that produced the remnant seen here was about 50 times more massive than our own Sun. Such a massive star has strong stellar winds that can clear away its ambient medium, forming a wind-blown bubble....
- Supernova In Galaxy M51
Earlier this summer, a Supernova appeared in the M51 galaxy in constallation Ursa Major. The Supernova is show marked with a circle from a image taken 17 of September 2011. As comparison I have added a image I took in 2009 of the same galaxy....
- What Is A Supernova?
There was a star somewhere around the sky staying almost unnoticeable, and got burst out suddenly in to a blistering brightness; it's just a one more Supernova!--if not Nova. The energy and light that was radiated in to the sky during the star's...
Astronomy
Red Stripe in Space
Image: NASA/ESA
SN 1006 took place in 1006 C.E. (A.D.) between April 30 and May 1. It had the brightest
apparent magnitude (brightness viewed on Earth) of any stellar event known! The event has been described by many civilizations, particularly the Chinese and the Arabic, which provide us with detailed descriptions of the explosion as it appeared on Earth. Today, this red band is a part of what is left from the mighty supernova. The image on the right shows the shell of the supernova remnant and to what part of the shell the above image belongs to (outlined). Click on the image to view a larger size.
Find out more about:
- The Hubble Space Telescope Image (HubbleSite)
- SN 1006 (Wikipedia)
- Hubble's 100,000th Orbit
The Hubble Space Telescope has just recently completed its 100,000th orbit around Earth today, August 11, 2008. The telescope reached that milestone above the Pacific Ocean (Illustration above). It has been a long journey for this famous telescope, 18...
- A Humongous Star Explosion
The "SN 2006gy" explosion took place in the galaxy called NGC 1260, 240 million light-years away. It was 100 times more powerful than most typical supernovas, the brightest and most energetic ever recorded. It was first detected in September 2006, using...
- The Firehead Supernova N 63a
It is estimated that the progenitor of the supernova that produced the remnant seen here was about 50 times more massive than our own Sun. Such a massive star has strong stellar winds that can clear away its ambient medium, forming a wind-blown bubble....
- Supernova In Galaxy M51
Earlier this summer, a Supernova appeared in the M51 galaxy in constallation Ursa Major. The Supernova is show marked with a circle from a image taken 17 of September 2011. As comparison I have added a image I took in 2009 of the same galaxy....
- What Is A Supernova?
There was a star somewhere around the sky staying almost unnoticeable, and got burst out suddenly in to a blistering brightness; it's just a one more Supernova!--if not Nova. The energy and light that was radiated in to the sky during the star's...