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Supernova 1987A remnant
author: Nasa/Hubble heritage team/Novapix
reference: a-snv01-98708
Image Size 300 DPI: 19 * 21 cm
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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