A Strange Supernova with a Gamma-Ray Burst
The image shows a colour composite of three images obtained with the EMMI multi-mode instrument at the ESO 3.58-m New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla on May 4, 1998. The short exposures were obtained through V (green), R (red) and I (near-infrared) filtres. The new supernova, SN 1998bw, is the very bright, bluish star at the center (indicated with an arrow), located on an arm of spiral galaxy ESO 184-G82 . There are several other galaxies in the field.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso9847a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 15 October 1998 |
Related releases: | eso9847 |
Size: | 2908 x 2792 px |
About the Object
Name: | ESO184-G82, SN 1998bw |
Type: | • Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova • Early Universe : Galaxy |
Distance: | 120 million light years |
Category: | • Galaxies |
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Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical V | New Technology Telescope |
Optical R | New Technology Telescope |
Infrared I | New Technology Telescope |
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