| Date/Place | 2020-01-23 at Elijah Observatory | |
| Scope | Takahashi FSQ85ED | |
| Camera | QSI583wsg | |
| Integration | The focal reducer was used. It is a mosaic of 4 frames, where each frame is a composite of RGB + H-alpha + OIII. Exposures RGB:18 x 600 sec. for each color channel H-alpha: 25 x 1200 sec. OIII: 25 x 1800 sec. Image aquisition by Astroscheduler Image processing with PixInsight. | |
| Comment | The nebula appears in the form of very delicate filaments, denser in the south-eastern side and much more rarefied in the western one; they were created by an ancient supernova that exploded about 4800 light years from the Sun, on the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way. If the distance measurements are correct, the object would have an actual size of 160 light years. The supernova exploded about 40000 years ago, leaving a pulsar towards the southern corner of the object. On the right side of the image is possible to see a blue reflection due to the star β Tauri (Alnath). (Text adapted from Wikipedia) |
