N63A

Database links to N63A / SNR 0535−660

N63A / SNR 0535−660
False color image with a line filter of the Hubble Space Telescope shows the gases emitted by the supernova: red 673 nm (SII), green 656 nm (Hα), blue 502 nm (OIII)
Observation dates equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation	Dorado
Right ascension	05 h 35.7 m
declination	−66 ° 02 ′ 0 ″
Physical data
Affiliation	Large Magellanic Cloud , N63
distance	approx. 160 k ly
Age	approx. 2000 to 5000 years
Other names
PKS 0535−66

N63A , also SNR 0535−660 , is a supernova remnant within the H-II region N63 in the large Magellanic Cloud . It is assumed to be between 2000 and 5000 years old. N63A was identified as a supernova remnant by D. S. Mathewson and J. R. Healy in 1964.

A superimposition of the recording in visible light with X-ray (blue) and radio astronomy (red) shows the full effect of the supernova

Web links

• N 63A: Spitzer Space Telescope
• Spitzer, Chandra, CTIO Image of N 63A - Wide Field

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1. ↑ ^{a b} SIMBAD page
2. ↑ N 63A: Chandra and Hubble
3. ↑ Chu, Y.-H. et al .: N63A: A Supernova Remnant in a Cloudy Medium , bibcode : 1999IAUS..190..143C