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More Info
| About the Object |
Object Name:
Cassiopeia A
Object Type:
Supernova Remnant
Position (J2000):
RA:
23h 23m 24.00s
Dec:
58d 48m 0.00s
Distance:
11,000 light-years
Constellation:
Cassiopeia
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| About the Data |
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Y. Kim (Univ. of Arizona/ Univ. of Chicago)
Instrument:
MIPS; Calar Alto 2.2m telescope; Steward Observatory 90-inch telescope; SUBARU Telescope's FOCAS instrument
Wavelength:
24 microns
Exposure Date:
Spitzer: 2 October 2006, 23 January 2007, 20 August 2007, 7 January 2008; Calar Alto 2.2m Telescope: October 6, 2007; Steward Observatory 90-inch telescope: 18 September 2006; SUBARU telescope: 9 October 2007
Release Date:
May 29, 2008
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| Observers |
Oliver Krause (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy)
Stephan M. Birkmann (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy)
Tomonori Usuda ( National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
Takashi Hattori ( National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
Miwa Goto (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy)
George H. Rieke (University of Arizona)
Karl A. Misselt (University of Arizona)
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