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PART OF VELA SUPERNOVA REMNANT 

VELA

 (Image Centered at ra: 08:33 / dec -44º 20')

 

 

 

 

February 2012, Complejo La Aldea in Villa de Merlo

San Luis, Argentina

 

 


 

DATA

TYPE: SNR 

V mag: NA Pismis 4: 5.9

SIZE: approximately FOV 2º 45' x 2º 10

DISTANCE: approximately 800 lights years

   

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

 

The picture shows part of this large Vela Supernova Remnant region. The filaments structures is the result of a massive star that exploded some 11.000 to 12.000 years ago. The outer layers of the stars are still expanding to the interstellar space forming the gas structures with high energy particles which is still visible today. This remnant is the one closest to us and it is embedded in a larger and older supernova remnant known as the Gum Nebula. 

 

The object presents a huge relative size that gives the possibility to explore some other interesting areas.  Pismis 4 is an open cluster on the top of the central arc; and vdB-Ha 34 stands in the center of the central arc with an apparent size of 13.8 arc minutes.

 

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: William Optics ZenithStar 66 f4.8

MOUNT: Sky Watcher NEQ6

SKY CONDITIONS: Transparency and seeing good

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS -10Cº

FILTERS: 31 mm  Baader LRGB set; Astronomik Ha 6nm

EXPOSURES: LHaRGB (30,60,30,30,30)

GUIDING: Celestron SCT 8" working at f10 Starlight Xpress Lodestar Camera. PHD Guiding

PROCESSING: Images Plus (Dark substraction Sigma Median Combination); CCD Sharp; NASA Photoshop Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS