Observation by Peter Carson: Simies 147 Supernova remnant in Taurus

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Paul Downing

Observer

Peter Carson

Observed

2012 Jan 23 - 23:55

Uploaded

2017 Apr 28 - 18:31

Objects

Simeis 147 (Sharpless 240)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 05^h41^m
Dec: +28°08'
Position angle: +90°24'

Field size

5°18' × 4°00'

Equipment

Canon 200mm lens
Losmandy G11 mount
SBIG ST8300 CCD camera
Astrodon 3nm Ha filter

Exposure

11x 30 min exposures. Total 5hs 30 mins

Location

Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK

Target name

Simies 147

Title

Simies 147 Supernova remnant in Taurus

About this image

This excellent image of the faint SN remnant was hiding on Peter's personal images page. The object is exceedingly faint but very large and only just fits on the SBIG camera chip using a 200mm lens. Peter started the exposures on the 2012-01-23 and finished it on 2012-01-26.

Peter notes that the curious vertical lines in the centre of the image are not artifacts but are probably filaments seen edge on.

Files associated with this observation

wk18_17_Simeis-147_carson.jpg (152.9 kB)

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