CASSIOPEIA A - THE COLORFUL AFTERMATH OF A VIOLENT STELLAR DEATH(STScI-PRC06-30-Heritage)

FOR RELEASE: 9:00 am (EDT) August 29, 2006

PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC06-30


CASSIOPEIA A - THE COLORFUL AFTERMATH OF A VIOLENT STELLAR DEATH

A new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provides a
detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion
known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant
from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image
shows the complex and intricate structure of the star's shattered fragments.
The image is a composite made from 18 separate images taken in December
2004 using Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

Acknowledgment: R. Fesen (Dartmouth College) and J. Long (ESA/Hubble)

To see and read more about Cas A on the Web, visit:
http://hubblesite.org/news/2006/30
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2006/30
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0609.html

For more information, contact:

Robert A. Fesen,Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,
(phone) 603-646-2949, (e-mail)

Lars Lindberg Christensen, Hubble/ESA, Garching, Germany
(phone) 011-49-89-3200-6306, (cell) 011-49-173-3872-621;
(e-mail)

Ray Villard, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.,
(phone) 410-338-4514, (e-mail)

Keith Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.,
(phone) 410-338-1828, (e-mail)

The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation
between NASA and the European Space Agency. The Space Telescope
Science Institute is operated for NASA by the Association of
Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., Washington.


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