Auriga Constellation (Łukasz Żak)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: Extremely wide field

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Auriga Constellation

There is a very interesting object on the edge of the constellations of Auriga and Taurus. This is the remnant of a supernova explosion that took place about 30,000 years ago. The facility is not far away, only about 1500 light years from our planet. This is Simeis 147 - commonly known as the Spagetti Nebula.

Due to its low surface brightness, it is a very difficult object to photograph by DSLR. In addition, it shines mainly in the ionized hydrogen band, so the camera must be modified so that the nebula can register at all. The matter is also not made easier by the many stars shining in the background. This should come as no surprise because the frame contains a fragment of the Milky Way.

The optimal equipment for recording Spagetti is a monochrome camera with a Ha filter. The field of view must be quite large because the nebula is about three degrees in diameter.

Well, there are a lot of other, much brighter and unusual objects around. In the left corner, a Flaming Star below it is the M36, M37, M38 clusters. In the lower right corner is NGC 2174 the Head of the Monkey, which is already a member of the constellation Orion. Well, somewhere above the center on the right a tiny Krab, i.e. Messier 1.

The amazing Sigma Art 105 / 1.4 was a great help in taking this photo - very bright and razor-sharp. The camera is Canon EOS R mod. 44x120s f: 2.5 Iso1600. Hosted on Sky Watcher Star Adventurer.

Poland

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