# Vela Supernova Remnant - Noirlab2406a

- By: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
- Date: 2024-03-13
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2406a/ https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/large/noirlab2406a.jpg
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vela_Supernova_Remnant_-_Noirlab2406a.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/7/79/Vela_Supernova_Remnant_-_Noirlab2406a.jpg/1920px-Vela_Supernova_Remnant_-_Noirlab2406a.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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…