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About the Object	Object Name: Cassiopeia A Object Type: Supernova Remnant Position (J2000): RA: 23h23m24.00s Dec: +58d48m0.00s Distance: 11,000 light-years Constellation: Cassiopeia
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Rudnick (University of Minnesota) Instrument: IRAC Wavelength: 3.6-micron light (blue); 4.5-micron light (green); and 8.0-micron light (red) Exposure Date: 20 November 2003 & 2 December 2004 Exposure Time: 80 sec per sky position Image Scale: 8.2 x 8.2 arcminutes Orientation: North is 35.5 deg counter-clockwise from up Release Date: 26 October 2006
Observers	Lawrence Rudnick (University of Minnesota) Jessica A. Ennis (University of Minnesota) William T. Reach (Spitzer Science Center/Caltech) J. D. Smith (Steward Observatory/ University of Arizona) Jeonghee Rho (Spitzer Science Center/Caltech) Tracey DeLaney (Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Haley Gomez (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales) Takashi Kozasa (Hokkaido University, Japan)

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