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The Three‐dimensional Circumstellar Environment of SN 1987A

  • Authors: Ben E. K. Sugerman, Arlin P. S. Crotts, William E. Kunkel, Stephen R. Heathcote, and Stephen S. Lawrence

Sugerman et al. 2005 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 159 60.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 1.

HST Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) negative image of a ﹩4\farcs 5\times 5\farcs 0﹩ field surrounding SN 1987A, taken in F656N. North is up, east is to the left. The ER (central ring) surrounds the ejecta from the SN (center) and is flanked by the north and south ORs (NOR and SOR, respectively). The companion stars 2 and 3, using the classification of Walker & Suntzeff (1990), are positionally coincident along the line of sight. To increase the display range, the ER is displayed with a separate color stretch.

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