Observation by Des Middlemass: The Vela SNR environment

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Des Middlemass

Observer

Des Middlemass

Observed

2026 Apr 06 - 12:00

Uploaded

2026 Apr 27 - 12:08

Objects

Herschel's Ray (NGC2736)

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Constellation

Vela

Field centre

RA: 08^h52^m
Dec: -47°49'
Position angle: +89°29'

Field size

4°34' × 3°56'

Equipment

Askar SAQ70 336mm
Player One Poseidon-M Pro mono
Antlia 3nm SHO filters, Antlia RGB Vpro filters for stars

Exposure

14 hours (300 sec subs)

Location

Yass, New South Wales

Target name

The north western area of the Vela supernova remnant

Title

The Vela SNR environment

About this image

A 2 panel mosaic of the north western part of the Vela SNR (Gum16). The palette is SHO.

The blue OIII filaments are the SNR.

There are emission nebula along the top half of the image (left to fight):
Gum 25
Gum 24
Gum 22
NGC 2736 Pencil Nebula (OIII) part of Gum 16 SNR

The FOV is 6 deg x 4.5 deg (12 x 9 moon diameters)

The effective focal length is about 186mm.

Panel exposures were RGB stars 90 min (30 x 1 min each) and SHO 320 min (64 x 5min each). Total exposure just under 14 hours.

Files associated with this observation

Gum16_Vela_SNR_2panelMosaic_effFL_186mm_RGBstars_SHO_14hrs_downsample2.jpg (4.6 MB)

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