Observations of the light echoes from SN 1987A using the Astro-1 Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

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Aug 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...395l..25c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 395, no. 1, p. L25-L27.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Supernova 1987A, Ultraviolet Telescopes, Brightness Distribution, Iue, Spaceborne Astronomy

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We present the results from images taken from the region of the light echoes around SN 1987A, as acquired on the first flight of the Astro-1 Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT). They indicate a weighted-average UV echo surface brightness of about 3 x 10 exp -18 ergs/s sq cm A sq arcsec. This is consistent with earlier results obtained by the IUE when scaled by the optical surface brightness of the two different echoes observed. These results indicate that the UV flux emitted by shock from core collapse penetrating the stellar surface cannot be as strong as that predicted by a large class of theoretical models (cited herein), or that previous results on the optical scattering of echoing dust do not apply to these clouds. Prospects for a more accurate measurements once the echoes have propagated to other regions and a background measurements can be obtained with UIT are discussed. They indicate that a more accurate determination of the above results is probable with another epoch of UIT observations.

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