The SDSS view on iPTF16geu
Astronomers used the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), carried out by a 2.5-metre wide-angle optical telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, USA, to look for supernovae. The explosion named iPTF16geu can be seen left of the centre of the image as a tiny red dot.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, Sloan Digital Sky Survey
About the Image
| Id: | heic1710e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 April 2017, 20:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1710 |
| Size: | 1971 x 1478 px |
About the Object
| Name: | iPTF16geu |
| Type: | Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova |
| Distance: | 4 billion light years |
| Constellation: | Aquarius |
| Category: | Cosmology Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 21 4 25.88 |
| Position (Dec): | -6° 17' 27.70" |
| Field of view: | 13.01 x 9.75 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 97.5° right of vertical |
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