Tag Archive for 'Type II supernova'

This Hubble image shows UGC 9684, a spiral galaxy located 240 million light-years away in the constellation of Boötes. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / C. Kilpatrick.

Hubble Snaps Striking New Photo of UGC 9684

May 6, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released an incredibly beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy UGC 9684. This Hubble image shows UGC...

This Hubble image shows NGC 941, an intermediate spiral galaxy some 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. The color image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the near-infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. Two filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / C. Kilpatrick.

Hubble Spies Hazy-Looking Spiral Galaxy: NGC 941

Nov 6, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a beautiful new image of the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 941. This Hubble image...

Hubble image of NGC 6946, the host galaxy of both SNe 2004et and 2017eaw. Bottom left-hand panel: composite image of SN 2004et taken with Webb/MIRI. Bottom right-hand panel: composite image of SN 2017eaw taken with Webb/MIRI. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ori Fox, STScI / Melissa Shahbandeh, STScI / Alyssa Pagan, STScI.

Webb Observes Dust Reservoirs in Two Type IIP Supernovae

Jul 6, 2023 by News Staff

The dust reservoirs observed in two type IIP supernovae, SN 2004et and SN 2017eaw, both in the medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6946 about 22 million...

This Hubble image shows UGC 11860, a spiral galaxy located some 184 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. The color image is made up of observations from Hubble’s WFC3 camera in the ultraviolet, near-infrared, and optical parts of the spectrum. It is based on data obtained through three filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Filippenko / J.D. Lyman.

Hubble Space Telescope Looks at Supernova-Hosting Spiral Galaxy

Jul 3, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the spiral galaxy UGC 11860. This Hubble image shows UGC 11860, a spiral galaxy...

SN 2023ixf (lower left) exploded in one of the spiral arms of Messier 101. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Miller, Gemini Observatory & NSF’s NOIRLab / M. Rodriguez, Gemini Observatory & NSF’s NOIRLab / M. Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF’s NOIRLab / D. de Martin, NSF’s NOIRLab.

Gemini North Telescope Observes Supernova Explosion in Messier 101

Jun 9, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A supernova dubbed SN 2023ixf was discovered on May 19, 2023 by the Japanese astronomer Koichi Itagaki. SN 2023ixf (lower left) exploded in one of the...

This Hubble image shows UGC 2890, a small spiral galaxy some 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / C. Kilpatrick.

Hubble Snaps Breathtaking New Image of UGC 2890

Apr 3, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a beautiful image of the side-on spiral galaxy UGC 2890. This Hubble image shows UGC 2890, a small spiral...

A multiply imaged supernova in the archival Hubble imaging of the Abell 370 galaxy-cluster field. Image credit: Chen et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05252-5.

Hubble Observes Early Phases of Supernova in Early Universe

Nov 9, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The newly-discovered core-collapse supernova, or Type II supernova, seen at a lookback time of approximately 11.5 billion years, is strongly lensed by...

This image, captured in December 2021 by ESO’s New Technology Telescope, shows SN 2021afdx (lower left corner of the right image) in the Cartwheel Galaxy. Image credit: ESO / Inserra et al. / Amram et al.

Astronomers Spot Type II Supernova in Cartwheel Galaxy

Mar 7, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

ESO’s New Technology Telescope has captured a striking photo of SN 2021afdx, a Type II supernova that occurred in the Cartwheel Galaxy. This image, captured...

False-color image of SN 2020fqv in its host galaxy system NGC 4567 and NGC 4568; the location of the supernova is shown in the inset. The image is composed of a pre-explosion single-band HST/WFPC2 image in the F606W filter with the color information from ground-based images obtained using the Nickel Telescope at Lick Observatory. The image of SN 2020fqv and the area outside of HST field of view is also from Nickel. Image credit: Joseph Depasquale / STScI.

Astronomers Observe ‘Rosetta Stone of Supernovae’

Oct 25, 2021 by News Staff

A Type II core-collapse supernova called SN 2020fqv exploded in NGC 4568, a member of a pair of colliding unbarred spiral galaxies; the other member of...

This image shows galaxy Arp 148, captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope; specially processed Spitzer data is shown inside the white circle, revealing infrared light from a supernova hidden by dust; this is one five hidden supernovae documented by Fox et al. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Spitzer Discovers Five Dust-Obscured Supernovae

Aug 4, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have looked for dust-extinguished supernovae in the nuclear regions of 40 luminous and ultra-luminous...

Ryder et al used Hubble to get the first image of a surviving companion to a supernova; this is the most compelling evidence that some supernova explosions originate in binary star systems. Image credit: NASA / ESA / S. Ryder, Australian Astronomical Observatory / O. Fox, STScI.

Hubble Snaps Image of Surviving Binary Companion to Type IIb Supernova

Apr 27, 2018 by News Staff

On December 10, 2001 Australian amateur astronomer Robert Evans discovered a supernova in the outer edge of NGC 7424, a spiral galaxy located in the southern...

Artist’s impression of a Type II supernova. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Bacon, STSci.

Supernova Discovery Challenges Theories of How Certain Stars End Their Lives

Nov 9, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers led by Las Cumbres Observatory has found a remarkable object in a nearby galaxy: a star that exploded multiple times...

This false color image shows Cassiopeia A, a remnant of a Type IIb supernova. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Catch Two Supernovae in Act of Exploding

Mar 22, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international group of astronomers, led by Prof. Peter Garnavich from the University of Notre Dame, has caught two Type II supernovae at the moment...