Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Space Science
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities, Posters
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of what appears to be a delicate bubble of gas floating in space. The bubble is the visible remnant of a powerful stellar explosion that took place in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy about 160,000 light-years from Earth. The image of the supernova remnant is on the first page of the lithograph, and background information is on the second page. The lithograph includes a Level One Inquiry activity entitled “In Search of … Supernova Remnants” in which students research supernovae and dispel misconceptions of the life cycle of stars.
Supernova Remnant SNR 0509 Lithograph [1MB PDF file]
More lithographs in this series:
Carina Nebula Pillar
Core of Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)
Planetary Nebula NGC 2440
Star-forming Nebula NGC 3603
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field