N 63A: Spitzer Space Telescope: Spitzer has imaged the supernova remnant, N 63A, at infrared wavelengths. Using the IRAC detector, the image shows infrared emission at 3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8 (orange), 8.0 (red) microns.

Name: DEM L 243, LHA 120-N 63A, SNR 0535-66.0
Type: Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 7 June 2005, 15:00
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Y.-H. Chu (UIUC)

Spitzer, Chandra, CTIO Image of N 63A - Wide Field: A colour composite of Spitzer infrared, Chandra X-ray and ground-based Halpha. The colour assignments are: Chandra (all bands) (blue), CTIO ground-based H-alpha (green), Spitzer 4.5 micron (yellow) and Spitzer 8.0 micron (red).

Name: DEM L 243, LHA 120-N 63A, SNR 0535-66.0
Type: Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 7 June 2005, 15:00
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/NOAO/AURA/NSF

CTIO image of a portion of the LMC-4 superbubble: An image of the Supergiant Shell LMC-4 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, taken with the Curtis Schmidt telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) as part of the Magellanic Clouds Emission Line Survey (MCELS).

Name: DEM L 243, LHA 120-N 63A, SNR 0535-66.0
Type: Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 7 June 2005, 15:00
Credit: S. Points, C. Smith, R. Leiton, and C. Aguilera/NOAO/AURA/NSF and Z. Levay (STScI )

Chandra 3-Color X-ray Image of N 63A: Chandra's image of N63A shows material heated to about ten million degrees Celsius by a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. The fluffy crescent-shaped X-ray features that appear around the edge of the remnant are thought to be fragments of high-speed matter shot out from the star when it exploded, like shrapnel from a bomb. The colours red, green and blue in the image correspond to low, medium and high-energy X-rays, respectively. The image is 112 arcsec per side

Name: DEM L 243, LHA 120-N 63A, SNR 0535-66.0
Type: Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 7 June 2005, 15:00
Credit: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren et al.

N 63A: Chandra and Hubble: Chandra has imaged the glowing shell created by the destruction of a massive star. X-rays from Chandra (blue), combined with optical (green) and radio (red) data, reveal new details in the supernova remnant, LMC N 63A. The X-ray glow is from material heated to about ten million degrees Celsius by a shock wave generated by the supernova explosion. The age of the remnant is estimated to be in the range of 2,000 to 5,000 years.

Name: DEM L 243, LHA 120-N 63A, SNR 0535-66.0
Type: Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 150000 light years
Release date: 7 June 2005, 15:00
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI/U. Ill/Y.Chu; Radio: ATCA/U. Ill/J.Dickel et al.

Hubble captures outburst from comet targeted by Deep Impact (07:17 UT image): In a dress rehearsal for the rendezvous between NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel 1, the Hubble Space Telescope captured dramatic images of a new jet of dust streaming from the icy comet. The images are a reminder that Tempel 1's icy nucleus, roughly the size of central Paris, is dynamic and volatile. Astronomers hope the eruption of dust seen in these observations is a preview of the fireworks that may come 4 July, when a probe from the Deep Impact spacecraft will slam into the comet, possibly blasting off material and giving rise to a similar dust plume.

Name: Comet 9P, Tempel 1
Type: Solar System : Interplanetary Body : CometSolar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Tail : Dust
Category: Solar System
Release date: 27 June 2005, 16:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), and H. Weaver (Applied Physics Lab)

Hubble captures outburst from comet targeted by Deep Impact (14:15 UT image): In a dress rehearsal for the rendezvous between NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel 1, the Hubble Space Telescope captured dramatic images of a new jet of dust streaming from the icy comet. The images are a reminder that Tempel 1's icy nucleus, roughly the size of central Paris, is dynamic and volatile. Astronomers hope the eruption of dust seen in these observations is a preview of the fireworks that may come 4 July, when a probe from the Deep Impact spacecraft will slam into the comet, possibly blasting off material and giving rise to a similar dust plume.

Name: Comet 9P, Tempel 1
Type: Solar System : Interplanetary Body : CometSolar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Tail : Dust
Category: Solar System
Release date: 27 June 2005, 16:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), and H. Weaver (Applied Physics Lab)

Comet Tempel 1 seen from the Distance [artist's impression]: Distant view of the Comet Tempel 1, target of NASA's Deep Impact mission (artist's impression).

Name: Comet 9P, Deep Impact, Tempel 1
Type: Solar System : Interplanetary Body : CometSolar System : Technology : Spacecraft : Probe
Category: Solar System
Release date: 27 June 2005, 16:00
Credit: ESA & NASA

Comet Tempel 1 close-up [artist's impression]: Close-up view of the Comet Tempel, target of NASA's Deep Impact mission 1 (artist's impression).

Name: Comet 9P, Deep Impact, Tempel 1
Type: Solar System : Interplanetary Body : CometSolar System : Technology : Spacecraft : Probe
Category: Solar System
Release date: 27 June 2005, 16:00
Credit: ESA & NASA

Impact! [artist's impression]: NASA's Deep Impact impactor probe hits comet Tempel 1 (artist's impression).

Name: Comet 9P, Deep Impact, Tempel 1
Type: Solar System : Interplanetary Body : CometSolar System : Technology : Spacecraft : Probe
Category: Solar System
Release date: 27 June 2005, 16:00
Credit: ESA & NASA