Wallpaper author:
David Tonucci
27 Dec 2025
Spaghetti Nebula
A supernova remnant in the Milky Way, straddling the border between the constellations Auriga and Taurus. It was discovered in 1952 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory by Grigory Shajn and his team using a Schmidt camera and a narrowband filter close to the Hydrogen Alpha transmission line. It is difficult to observe due to its extremely low surface brightness.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Sh 2-240
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Supernova Remnant
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 85.0208 Dec 27.9775
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................19 Nov 2023 - 15 Dec 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 300 | 2h30m | 30 |
| Halpha | 300 | 2h30m | 30 |
| OIII | 300 | 2h30m | 30 |