The milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds
Photo of LMC before the SN Explosion
Photo of LMC after the SN Explosion
The Large Magellanic Cloud

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by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
Area of SN 1987 A before Explosion
Area of SN 1987 A after Explosion
Area of Sanduleak -69 202 in Ultraviolet
Area of Sanduleak -69 202 in Blue

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by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
Area of Sanduleak -69 202 in Visual
Area of Sanduleak -69 202 in Red
Area of Sanduleak -69 202 in Infrared
Area of SN 1987 A in Blue

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by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
3.6 m Photo of the Sanduleak -69 202 System
The Three Components of Sanduleak -69 202
Lightcurve of SN 1987 A
The Temperature of SN 1987 A

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by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
The Overall Spectrum of SN 1987 A
Spectral Evolution
Infrared Spectral Lines
Interstellar Lines in the Spectrum of SN 1987 A

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by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory
by: E.S.O.- European Southern Observatory