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Collection: Supernovae

...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...

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Collection: VelaSNR

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...

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Gallery: Southern Celestial Hemisphere

...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...

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Project Hail Mary’s Deep-Space Realities: The Celestial Architecture of Survival

...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...

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Two Skies, One Journey: A Cosmic Farewell to Argentina

...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...

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Project Hail Mary Nebulae

...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...

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Behind the Lens: How Four Distinct Telescopes Map the Night Sky

...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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