...36° in the night sky, 1,000 light-years across, 1,500 light-years distant, believed to be a million-year-old expanding supernova remnant. Contains Gum 16 (the Vela Supernova Remnant). Colour image of Vela supernova...
Read Full Page →Vela SNR - cosmic canvas painted by shockwaves The Vela Supernova Remnant (SNR), Gum 16, is a bright filamentary region within the much larger, overlapping Gum Nebula, Gum 12. Gum 16, 800...
Read Full Page →...100 light-years across. Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a stellar nursery and emission nebula 4750 light-years distant; adjusted with Adobe photoshop to place four paws in image. Colour image of Vela...
Read Full Page →...of five monumental cosmic structures that were included as background to the credits: the Carina Nebula, the Rosette Nebula, the Vela Supernova Remnant, the Fighting Dragons of Ara, and the Running...
Read Full Page →...and intense structural pressure of the Patagonian ice fields are perfectly reflected in the violent, tangled filaments of gas weaving through the energetic Tarantula Nebula. Earth: Mount Fitz Roy Cosmos: Vela...
Read Full Page →...stellar winds, carving out the gas and dust at the nebula’s centre and giving it the Rosette nickname. The Vela Supernova Remnant: While the initial blast wave from the core-collapse explosion...
Read Full Page →...length (f/7). It maintains high contrast and rich details without making the image too dim.Best Targets: Mid-sized deep-sky objects requiring high resolution, including the Crescent Nebula, or individual high-detail segments of...
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