Remanente de SuperNova en Vela

Objeto: Remanente de Supernova en Vela
Fecha: Febrero 2012
Ubicacion: Complejo La Aldea, Villa de Merlo, San Luis, Argentina
Autor: Sergio Eguivar Baskies.com.ar
Telescopio: William Optics ZenithStar 66 a f4.8
Montura:Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro Goto
Cámara: QSI 583 WS -10Cº
Exposición: LHaRGB (30,60,30,30,30)
Procesado: Images Plus (Dark substraction Sigma Median Combination); CCD Sharp; NASA Photoshop Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS

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

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