Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This animation shows the location of the galaxy M82 on the sky (off the bowl of the Big Dipper), then zooms in to show the location of the supernova SN 2014J. After that, it shows animated Hubble images of a "light echo", the flash of light from the supernova lighting up dust clouds all around it. We see this as an expanding circle from the explosion.
Original video: hubblesite.org/video/992/news_release/2017-42
Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon, J. DePasquale, and Z. Levay (STScI)
Acknowledgment: Y. Yang (Texas A&M/Weizmann Institute of Science)
This animation shows the location of the galaxy M82 on the sky (off the bowl of the Big Dipper), then zooms in to show the location of the supernova SN 2014J. After that, it shows animated Hubble images of a "light echo", the flash of light from the supernova lighting up dust clouds all around it. We see this as an expanding circle from the explosion.
Original video: hubblesite.org/video/992/news_release/2017-42
Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon, J. DePasquale, and Z. Levay (STScI)
Acknowledgment: Y. Yang (Texas A&M/Weizmann Institute of Science)
