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
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | MS1054-0321, SN 1996CL |
| Type: | Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova |
| Constellation: | Leo |
| Category: | Cosmology Stars |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 10 56 59.56 |
| Position (Dec): | -3° 37' 23.83" |
| Field of view: | 1.22 x 1.20 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 10.7° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |