Part of the Vela Supernova Remnant and NGC 2645 (morrienz)

Part of the Vela Supernova Remnant and NGC 2645

Part of the Vela Supernova Remnant sitting between NGC 2645 (bottom left) and the Vela Pulsar - HU Vel (at far right but not easily discernable). Unguided imaging.

This is just a small part of the huge Vela SNR which covers an enormous 8 degrees of the southern sky, and was probably formed by a supernova that occurred some 11 to 12 thousand years ago, about 800 light years distant from us. The pulsar (spinning neutron star) that is the remains of the star that exploded in the supernova is in this field of view, but while it is the brightest pulsar in the sky, especially in radio wavelengths, it is still very faint visually at approx mag 25. It spins 11 times per second.

From our fairly dark rural backyard sky in The Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
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Landscape

Distribution of data sources

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
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Amateur hosting facility
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Other
Unknown

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