Tag Archive for 'Vela SNR'

This DECam image shows the Vela supernova remnant, a remnant of supernova explosion located 800 light-years away in the southern constellation of Vela. Image credit: CTIO / NOIRLab / DOE / NSF / AURA / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF’s NOIRLab / M. Zamani & D. de Martin, NSF’s NOIRLab.

Dark Energy Camera Captures Gigapixel Image of Vela Supernova Remnant

Mar 12, 2024 by News Staff

Astronomers using the powerful Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program...

This OmegaCAM/VST image shows a part of the Vela supernova remnant. Image credit: ESO / VPHAS+ Team / Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit.

OmegaCAM Sees Giant Filaments in Vela Supernova Remnant

May 30, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The new image from the OmegaCAM instrument on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope shows a spectacular part of the Vela supernova remnant. This OmegaCAM/VST image...

This image, taken by the OmegaCAM camera at ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, shows a spectacular view of the orange and pink clouds that make up the Vela SNR. OmegaCAM can take images through several filters that let through light of different colors. In this particular image of the Vela SNR, four different filters were used, represented here by a combination of magenta, blue, green and red. Image credit: ESO / VPHAS+ Team / Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit.

OmegaCAM Snaps Beautiful Image of Vela Supernova Remnant

Nov 1, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the 268-million-pixel OmegaCAM instrument on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope have captured a detailed image of the Vela supernova remnant,...