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About the Object	Object Name: Cassiopeia A Object Type: Supernova Remnant Position (J2000): RA: 23:23:24 Dec: +58:48.9 Distance: 11,000 light-years Constellation: Cassiopeia
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / O. Krause (Steward Observatory) Instrument: MIPS Wavelength: 24 Microns Exposure Dates: 30 November 2003 & 2 December 2004 Exposure Time: 80s per sky position Image Scale: 55 x 12 arcminutes Orientation: North is 86 degrees counter-clockwise from up Release Date: 09 June 2005
Observers	Oliver Krause (Steward Observatory) George H. Rieke (Steward Observatory) Stephan M. Birkmann (Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie) Emeric Le Floc'h (Steward Observatory) Karl D. Gordon (Steward Observatory) Eiichi Egami (Steward Observatory) John Bieging (Steward Observatory) John P. Hughes (Rutgers University) Erick Young (Steward Observatory) Joannah L. Hinz (Steward Observatory) Sascha P. Quanz (Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie) Dean C. Hines (Space Science Institute)

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