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Heic 0609

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Original – Image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image shows the complex and intricate structure of the star’s shattered fragments.

A false color image off Cassiopeia using observations from both the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes as well as the Chandra X-ray Observatory (cropped).

Reason

Fine image

Articles in which this image appears

Cassiopeia A

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out

Creator

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage

• Support either or both as nominator --The Herald 13:45, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:52, 17 April 2014 (UTC)