Object Name:

E0102, 1E0102.2-7219

Object Description:

Supernova Remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Position (J2000):

R.A. 01h 04m 1s.50
Dec. -72° 01' 55".7

Constellation:

Tucana

Distance:

The distance to the SMC is roughly 210,000 light-years (64 kiloparsecs).

Dimensions:

This image is roughly 3.0 arcminutes (180 light-years or 56 parsecs) wide.

Data Description:

This image was created from HST data from proposals 12001: J. Green, N. Smith, E. Wilkinson, and M. Shull (University of Colorado, Boulder), J. Morse NASA/GSFC), and B. Welsh (University of California, Berkeley); and 6052: J. Morse (NASA/GSFC), M. Dopita (Australian National University), W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University), J. Raymond (Rutgers University), J. Hughes (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), R. Kirshner (Harvard University), K. Long (STScI), R Sutherland (University of Colorado, Boulder), and F. Winkler (Middlebury College).

Instrument:

ACS/WFC

WFPC2

Exposure Date:

October 15/16, 2003

July 4, 1995

Exposure Time:

3.4 hours

47 minutes

Filters:

F475W(B), F550M(V), F658N(H alpha), F775W(i)

F502N ([O III])

Image Credit:

NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Release Date:

July 11, 2006

Color:

This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS and WFPC2 instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Five filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image.

The assigned colors for each filter are:
F475W blue
F550M green
F658N red-orange
F775W red
F502N blue-green (WFPC2)

Orientation/Scale: