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First hint of knot STIS H-alpha


Depicts: SN 1987a
Copyright: George Sonneborn and Jason Pun (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center)

This image from the Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) shows a new and unprecedented look at the light-year wide ring of glowing gas around supernova 1987A, the nearest stellar explosion in 400 years, which occurred in February 1987.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
13-Mar-2026 23:55 UT

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