Farthest Supernova Ever - SN 1997ff
This photo is a close-up view of that region. The white arrow points to the exploding star's home galaxy, a faint elliptical. Its redness is due to the billions of old stars residing there.
Credit:NASA/ESA, Adam Riess ( Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD)
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | SN 1997FF |
| Type: | Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field |
| Distance: | z=1.7 (redshift) |
| Category: | Cosmology Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared J | 1.1 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |
| Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |