Vela supernova Remnant
This image shows the remnant of a Supernova Type II explosion, in the southern constellation Vela. It lays at about 800 light years from Earth and the star became a Supernova about 11000 to 12300 years ago.The photography was taken along three sessions: one at San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina and the remaining two from Observatorio La Banderita, La Pampa, Argentina.
The photography has a total integration time of 6 hours 45 minutes and was taken with a modified Canon 600D camera (no IR filter), refrigerated at 0°C (sensor regulated temperature).
Technical Data
| Acquisition sites | Observatorio La Banderita, La Pampa, Argentina San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Acquisition dates | 03-02-2019 (S.A. de Areco) 06-06-2019 (La Pampa) 06-07-2019 (La Pampa) |
| Instrument | Refractor SkyWatcher Esprit 100. |
| Mount | Sky-Watcher NEQ6, managed by EQmod |
| Guide | Off-Axis, with Lodestar camera |
| Camera | Modified Canon 600D/T3i No IR Filter (Full Spectrum mod, using Astronomik MC Clear) Refrigerated (regulated temperature) |
| Camera sensor temperature | 0°C (on-sensor measured and regulated) |
| Filter | Astronomik Clip CLS CCD |
| Integration | 81 x 5 minutes subframes - ISO 800 Total integration time: 6 hs 45 min |
| Calibration | 49 flats, 300 bias, 130 darks. |
| Resolution | 1.6 arcsec/pixel 543 mm actual focal, 4.2 um x 4.2 um pixels |
| Native size | 5202 x 3465 pixels |
| Cropped size | 5162 x 3417 pixels |
| FOV | 2° 17' x 1° 31' |
| Image center coordinates | RA 08h 29m Dec -45° 09' Rotación: -108° |
| Process | PixInsight 1.8 |