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08-29-06, 01:49 PM
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0608/e0102_hst.jpg (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0608/e0102_hst_big.jpg) Supernova Remnant E0102 from Hubble
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (http://heritage.stsci.edu/public/commonpages/hhp.html), ESA (http://www.esa.int/), NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html)
Explanation: It's the blue wisp near the bottom that's the remnant of a tremendous recent supernova explosion. The large pink structure looming to the upper right is part of N76, a large star forming region (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/stellar_nurseries.html) in our neighboring Small Magellanic Cloud (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050617.html) (SMC) galaxy. The supernova remnant wisp, with full coordinate name 1E0102.2-7219 and frequently abbreviated as E0102 (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2006/35/index.html), also lies in the SMC, about 50 light years away from N76. The above image (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/35/image/a) is a composite of several images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. E0102 (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000414.html) is of research interest because we see it as it appeared only 2,000 years after its explosion. Examination of E0102 therefore gives clues about how an enigmatic supernova (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova) works and what materials it dispersed into the surrounding interstellar medium (http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/milkyway/ism.html).
Source (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060829.html)
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (http://heritage.stsci.edu/public/commonpages/hhp.html), ESA (http://www.esa.int/), NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html)
Explanation: It's the blue wisp near the bottom that's the remnant of a tremendous recent supernova explosion. The large pink structure looming to the upper right is part of N76, a large star forming region (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/stellar_nurseries.html) in our neighboring Small Magellanic Cloud (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050617.html) (SMC) galaxy. The supernova remnant wisp, with full coordinate name 1E0102.2-7219 and frequently abbreviated as E0102 (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2006/35/index.html), also lies in the SMC, about 50 light years away from N76. The above image (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/35/image/a) is a composite of several images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. E0102 (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000414.html) is of research interest because we see it as it appeared only 2,000 years after its explosion. Examination of E0102 therefore gives clues about how an enigmatic supernova (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova) works and what materials it dispersed into the surrounding interstellar medium (http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/milkyway/ism.html).
Source (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060829.html)