*Description*:> Artist's Concept Animation of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Kepler's Supernova Remnant, SN 1604, V843 Ophiuchi, G004.5+06.8 Object Description: Supernova Remnant Position (J2000): R.A. 17h 30m 40s.8 Dec. -21° 29' 11".0 Constellation: Ophiuchus Distance: 13,000 light-years (4,000 parsecs) Dimensions: This image is 5 arcminutes (19 light-years or 5.8 parsecs) wide. About the Chandra Space Telescope Data Data Description: This image was created from Chandra observations from proposal 01500022: S. Holt (F.W. Olin College of Engineering), U. Hwang, R. Petre, and M. Corcoran (GSFC), E. Gotthelf (Columbia Astrophysics Lab), G. Allen (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech.), J. Keohane (North Carolina). The science team using this data is: R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins Univ.), T. DeLaney (U. Minnesota and Harvard-Smithsonian/Center for Astrophysics), L. Rudnick and J. A. Ennis (U. Minnesota), I. Harrus (Goddard Space Flight Center). Instrument: ACIS-S Exposure Date(s): June 30, 2000 Exposure Time: 50 kiloseconds (~14 hours) Energies: 0.3-6 keV About the Hubble Space Telescope Data Data Description: This image was created from Hubble observations from proposal 9731: R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins Univ.), L. Rudnick (U. Minnesota), T. DeLaney (U. Minnesota and Harvard-Smithsonian/Center for Astrophysics), I. Harrus (Goddard Space Flight Center). Instrument: ACS/WFC; WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): August 28/29, 2003; May 26, 2004 Exposure Time: 23,509 seconds (6.5 hours) Filters: F502N ([O III]), F550M ("V"), F658N (Halpha+[N II]), F660N ([N II]), and F673N ([S II]) About the Spitzer Space Telescope Data Data Description: This image was created from Spitzer observations from proposal 3413: W. Blair, R. Sankrit, and P. Ghavamian (Johns Hopkins Univ.), K. Borkowski and S. Reynolds (North Carolina State Univ.), and K. Long (Space Telescope Science Inst.). Instrument: MIPS; IRAC Exposure Date(s): August 25, 2004; September 3, 2004 Exposure Time: 5218 seconds (1.5 hours) Frequencies: MIPS: 24 and 70 micron; IRAC: 4.5 and 8 micron About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Sankrit and W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University) Release Date: October 7, 2004 Scale: The joint Chandra-Hubble-Spitzer release image of Kepler's Supernova Remnant is composed of the following energies/filters/frequencies: Chandra: 4-6keV and 0.3-1.4keV Hubble: F658N (Halpha+[N II]) Spitzer: 24 microns Orientation: Kepler's Supernova Remnant In Visible, X-Ray and Infrared Light [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/29/images/b/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ] *News Release Number:*: STScI-2004-29a
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