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News Release 60 of 884

January 11, 2012 01:00 PM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-2012-06

Hubble Solves Mystery on Source of Supernova in Nearby Galaxy

Technical facts about this news release:

About the Object

Object Name:	SNR 0509-67.5
Object Description:	Supernova Remnant
Position (J2000):	R.A. 05h 09m 31s.70 Dec. -67° 31' 18".01
Constellation:	Dorado
Distance:	170,000 light-years (52,000 parsecs)

About the Data

Data Description:	The optical image was created from Hubble data from proposals 11015: J. Hughes, J. Warren, and L. Hovey (Rutgers University), C. Badenes (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), C. Smith (NOAO/CTIO), J. Vink (Space Research Organization, Netherlands), and P. Ghavamian (STScI); and 12326: K. Noll, Z. Levay, M. Livio, H. Bond, C. Christian, L. Frattare, M. Mutchler, and T. Borders (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI). The X-ray data are from the CXO proposals: 776, 7635, 8554: NASA/CXC/SAO/ J.Hughes et al.
Instrument:	Hubble: ACS/WFC and WFC3/UVIS Chandra: ACIS
Filters/Frequencies:	Hubble: F475W (g), F555W (V), F658N (H-alpha+[N II]), and F814W (I) Chandra: 0.2-1.5 keV and 1.5-7 keV

About the Release

Credit:

NASA, ESA, and B. Schaefer and A. Pagnotta (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge)

Acknowledgment:

NASA, ESA, CXC, SAO, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and J. Hughes (Rutgers University)

Release Date:

January 11, 2012

Color:

This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 and ACS instruments on HST, and the ACIS instrument on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Several filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges along with X-ray energy frequencies. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are:

HST WFC3 F814W (I)	orange
HST ACS F658N (H-alpha+[N II])	red
HST WFC3 F555W (V)	light green
HST WFC3 F475W (g)	purple
CXO ACIS 0.2-1.5 keV	green
CXO ACIS 1.5-7 keV	blue

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