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The Vela Supernova Remnant is an endless source of beautiful images. The delicate fine structure of its wisps, carefully separated into Hydrogen-rich and Oxygen-rich emitting regions, offers multiple opportunities for a detailed close-up. Please, see a wide field mosaic of this remnant here.
This region, located at the Eastern border of the remnant, shows greenish-blue Oxygen III “threads” above the “tortured” red Hydrogen clouds below. For some more information about this remnant and some more detailed images, please see also here.
This image is part of an ongoing joint project with Christian Sasse.
Additional Information
Object
Name(s): Vela Supernova Remnant
Type: Supernova Remnant
RA: 08h 53m 24s
Dec: -43º 51’ 47”
Constellation: Vela
Size (degrees): 8×6 degrees
Magnitude: +12
Distance: 800 ly
Image
Date: 2023-01-25 to 2023-01-30
Location: Obstech, Río Hurtado, Chile
Size (arcmin): 36×25 arcmin
Telescope: 24” f/6.5 Reflector
Camera: QHY 461 (11760x8896pix)
Guiding: off-axis guider
Total exposure: 35 hours (Ha: 16h; OIII: 16h; RGB: 3h)
Processing: CCDStack, PixInsight (one process) and Photoshop CC 2023