Observing Supernova 1987A with the Refurbished Hubble Space Telescope

Author:

France Kevin1,McCray Richard2,Heng Kevin34,Kirshner Robert P.5,Challis Peter5,Bouchet Patrice6,Crotts Arlin7,Dwek Eli8,Fransson Claes9,Garnavich Peter M.10,Larsson Josefin9,Lawrence Stephen S.11,Lundqvist Peter9,Panagia Nino121314,Pun Chun S. J.15,Smith Nathan16,Sollerman Jesper9,Sonneborn George8,Stocke John T.1,Wang Lifan17,Wheeler J. Craig18

Affiliation:

1. Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309–0389, USA.

2. JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309–0440, USA.

3. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Institute for Astronomy, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland.

4. Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.

5. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

6. Service d’Astrophysique Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, FR 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

7. Department of Astronomy, Mail Code 5240, Columbia University, 550 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA.

8. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.

9. Department of Astronomy, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.

10. 225 Nieuwland Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556–5670, USA.

11. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA.

12. Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

13. Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Via S. Sofia 78, I-95123 Catania, Italy.

14. Supernova Ltd, OYV #131, Northsound Road, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.

15. Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong, China.

16. Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720–3411, USA.

17. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 7784–4242, USA.

18. Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712–0259, USA.

Abstract

Let Me See Your Supernova As the matter expelled from a supernova travels through and interacts with the interstellar medium, it creates a radiating structure called a supernova remnant. In 1987, astronomers detected a bright supernova in our galaxy, SN 1987A, the remains of which are now expanding into and interacting with a dense ring of gas and dust that surrounds the explosion site. France et al. (p. 1624 , published online 2 September; see the Perspective by Laming ) obtained spectroscopic data of the ring surrounding SN 1987A and compared it with similar data acquired in 2004. Because SN 1987A is so close to us, the explosion was visible to the naked eye and the results provide a glimpse into the hydro dynamics and kinetics of fast astrophysical shocks in a young supernova remnant.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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