SUPERNOVA REMNANT MENAGERIE (STScI-PRC05-15-Heritage)

FOR RELEASE: 9:00 am (EDT) June 7, 2005

PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC05-15

SUPERNOVA REMNANT MENAGERIE

A violent and chaotic-looking mass of gas and dust is seen in this
Hubble Space Telescope image of a nearby supernova remnant. Denoted
N 63A, the object is the remains of a massive star that exploded,
spewing its gaseous layers out into an already turbulent region.

The Hubble image of N 63A is a color representation of data taken in
1997 and 2000 with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. Color filters
were used to sample light emitted by sulfur (shown in red), oxygen
(shown in blue), and hydrogen (shown in green).

For the full story, visit:
http://hubblesite.org/news/2005/15
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2005/15
http://www.spacetelescope.org/

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu and R. M. Williams (UIUC)

For additional information, please contact
You-Hua Chu, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois,
1002 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, (phone) 217-333-5535,
(fax) 217-2447638, (e-mail) or

Keith Noll, Hubble Heritage Team, Space Telescope Science Institute,
3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, (phone) 410-338-1828,
(fax) 410-338-4579, (e-mail) .

Lars Lindberg Christensen, Hubble European Space Agency Information
Centre, Garching, Germany, (phone) 49-0-89-3200-6306, (cell)
49-0-173-3872-621, (e-mail)

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