✨ Vela Supernova Remnant — The Ghosts of a Dying Star ✨

🔭 Scope & details:

Lights: 90x300" (Halpha, OIII, SII)

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED

Camera: QHY 600M

Filters: Astrodon Narrowband (Hα, OIII, SII)

Date: 28/02/2024

What you see here is the spectacular Vela Supernova Remnant, a vast, intricate web of glowing gas and dust — the aftermath of a massive star that exploded about 11,000 years ago.

Located roughly 800 light-years away in the constellation Vela, it is one of the closest and brightest known supernova remnants to Earth.

The delicate red and blue filaments trace the shockwaves of the ancient explosion as they expand through space, energizing the surrounding interstellar medium.

This image combines Hα (hydrogen) and OIII (oxygen) emissions, revealing the haunting beauty of destruction turned into creation.

💫 A reminder that even in cosmic death, there is light — and the seeds of new beginnings.

✨ Constellation: Vela

📏 Distance: ~800 light-years

💫 Apparent Magnitude: ~12

📐 Apparent Size: ~8°

📸 Alessandro Motta | @ale_motta_astrofotografia