Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Tycho Supernova, SN1572 Object Description: Supernova Remnant Position (J2000): R.A. 00h 25m 08s.07 Dec. +64° 09' 55".7 Constellation: Cassiopeia Distance: 9,800 light-years (3 kiloparsecs) About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST observations from the following proposal: 9729: P. Ruiz-Lapuente (Univ. of Barcelona), A. Burrows (Univ. of Arizona), R. Canal (Univ. of Barcelona), R. Chornock Univ. of California ? Berkeley), F. Comeron (European Southern Obs.), A. Filippenko (Univ. of California ? Berkeley), and R. Mignani (European Southern Obs.). The science team is composed of P. Ruiz-Lapuente (Univ. of Barcelona), F. Comeron (European Southern Observatory), J. Mendez (Univ. of Barcelona and Isaac Newton Group), R. Canal (Univ. of Barcelona), S. Smartt (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge), A. Filippenko (Univ. of California ? Berkeley), R. Kurucz (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), R. Chornock (Univ. of California ? Berkeley), R. Foley (Univ. of California ? Berkeley), V. Stanishev (Stockholm Univ.), and R. Ibata (Obs. of Strasbourg). Instrument: WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): November 6/8 2003 Exposure Time: 1.2 hours Filters: F555W ("V") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CXO and P. Ruiz-Lapuente (University of Barcelona) Release Date: October 27, 2004 Orientation: Location of Suspected Runaway Companion Star to Supernova Seen in 1572 [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/34/images/c/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ]
