Supernova
SNR G330.2+1.0
Supernova remnant
The shock wave of a supernova expanding at thousands of kilometres per second: it sweeps up and heats the interstellar gas and shines in radio waves.
| Type | Supernova |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Norma |
| Distance | 5,000 pc (16.3 thousand ly) |
| Diameter | 52.2 ly |
| Type | Shell type ? |
| Radio flux (1 GHz) | 5 Jy |
| Source | Green's SNR Catalogue |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 16h 01m 06.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −51° 34′ 00″ |
In the sky
Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 38° N. South of latitude 38° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out 16 thousand years ago. At that time Homo sapiens was spreading out of Africa; there was no farming yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 289 million years.