Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Vela (Vel)
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Vela supernova fragment - the residue of intra-galactic violence, robonrome
Vela supernova fragment - the residue of intra-galactic violence
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Vela supernova fragment - the residue of intra-galactic violence

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Vela supernova fragment - the residue of intra-galactic violence

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The Vela SN remnant is a target I return to again and again - I count myself lucky that it passes well placed overhead and so is always a good option this time of year (or a little earlier) despite my otherwise cluttered horizons... and this portion is perhaps my favourite with such intricate filligree in the Ha that really captures the violence of that long-past explosion. 

This is my first new capture since October last year. Long enough that I wasted 2 hours of a precious clear night getting setup and getting everything to work and connect and remember steps I'd normally do automatically... but still got around 6 hours and as it doesnt seem likely I'll see sky agan for at least the next week have processed now.

35 x Ha at 300s exp
35 x OIII at 300s exp.

Stacked and preprocessed in APP with TIF export and more selective processing in Photoshop CC to taste (extracting stars and processing starless a must to get the most out of this nebula without ruining the stars). 

thanks for viewing and commenting.

cheers rob

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Vela supernova fragment - the residue of intra-galactic violence, robonrome

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