Zooming into the SN 1987A remnant

This 40 seconds animation shows a zooming into the SN1987A remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It compiles 4 images: the full view of the Tarantula Nebula, as seen by the AAT years before the explosion on 23 February 1987, a new image of the neighbourhood of the supernova obtained with the new CACTI camera at the AAT, and wide and deep images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope showing the asymmetry of the SN 1987A remnant.

Credit: Australian Astronomical Observatory.
Credit of the composition: Ángel R. López-Sánchez (AAO/MQU).
Credit of the individual images:
- Tarantula Nebula with the AAT: David Malin (AAO)
- CACTI image with the AAT: Ángel R. López-Sánchez (AAO/MQU) et al.
- Wide Hubble Space Telescope image: WFPC2, Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA/ESA)
- Deep Hubble Space Telescope image: ACS, ESA/Hubble & NASA.