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      Spaghetti Nebula
      Wallpaper author:
      Michelle Ashford

      10 Mar 2024

      Spaghetti Nebula

      The Spaghetti Nebula, also known as Simeis 147 and SH2-240 is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the Milky Way straddling the border between the constellations Auriga and Taurus.

      This is a very large nebula, about 3 degrees across in apparent diameter (6 full moons across the sky). Some 40,000 years ago, a massive star exploded and left this expanding shell of gas. It is approximately 3,000 light years from Earth.

      Experimented with various narrowband options - SHO, HSO & HOO, also with using Ha as a luminance frame. I don't think that the luminance option added anything to the final image so I have only included those images without luminance. My favourite is the SHO blend, but have included HSO and HOO as reference.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      Sh 2-240

      5 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      SPA-1-CMOS
      • 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
      SII3002h30m30
      Halpha3002h30m30
      OIII3002h30m30

      Spaghetti Nebula