Supernova 1987A remnant

by: Nasa/Hubble heritage team/Novapix
Reference: a-snv01-98708
Date: 2006-09-04

Supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, is a star which exploded on Feb. 23, 1987. Shown in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, the supernova remnant, surrounded by inner and outer rings of material, is set in a forest of ethereal, diffuse clouds of gas. This three-color image is composed of several pictures of the supernova and its neighboring region taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 in Sept. 1994, Feb. 1996 and July 1997.

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