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Vela Supernova Remnant - Noirlab2406a
2024-03-13
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2406a/ https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/large/noirlab2406a.jpg
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0, as the museum states it.
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- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Vela Supernova Remnant, using line filters for OIII, SII, H-alpha & NII
Ghostly Stellar Tendrils of the Vela Supernova Remnant
This colorful web of wispy gas filaments is the Vela Supernova Remnant, an expanding nebula of cosmic debris left over from a massive star that exploded about 11,000 years ago. This image was taken with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the US National Science Foundation's Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. The striking reds, yellows, and blues in this image were achieved through the use of three DECam filters that each collect a specific color of light. Separate images were taken in each filter and then stacked on top of each other to produce this high-resolution image that contains 1.3 gigapixels and showcases the intricate web-like filaments snaking throughout the expanding cloud of gas.
Coordinates Position (RA): 8 31 19.09 Position (Dec): -43° 55' 45.53" Field of view: 161.11 x 161.53 arcminutes Orientation: North is 0.1° left of vertical
Colors & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Optical OIII 501 nm Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter…
