Supernova 1996cl in distant cluster
In March 1996, the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 just happened to be pointed at the faraway galaxy cluster MS1054-0321 when it captured the light from an exploding star, called supernova 1996cl. The cluster is 8 billion light-years from Earth.
Credit:Saul Perlmutter of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |