Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Vela (Vel)
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15 April 2022 - Vela Supernova Remnant, MrSpaceman

15 April 2022 - Vela Supernova Remnant

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15 April 2022 - Vela Supernova Remnant, MrSpaceman

15 April 2022 - Vela Supernova Remnant

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"I was dropped from moonbeams and sailed on shooting stars."
 - Sail to the Moon. (Brush the Cobwebs Out of the Sky.)

15 April 2022: Vela Supernova Remnant

Around 12,000 years ago a Type 2 supernova explosion occurred in the constellation Vela, creating this giant swirly blob of hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue), as well as a neutron star (which isn't shown in this image - it's just off to the bottom right, but I doubt it would be visible in my telescope anyway).

A few weeks ago I posted an image of a supernova that is happening right now (well, about 60 million years ago) in a far-off galaxy. This shows what it's like to have one much closer (at about 800ly).

This was another multi-night project. I took this image from my back using a mixture of narrowband filters to cut through the light pollution, over the Easter and ANZAC day long weekends. From the 15GB of data captured, a total integration time of about 15 hours was used.

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15 April 2022 - Vela Supernova Remnant, MrSpaceman