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The Vela supernova remnant

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-snv11-00085

Image Size 300 DPI: 84 * 84 cm

This image shows a spectacular view of the orange and pink clouds that make up what remains after the explosive death of a massive star — the Vela supernova remnant. This detailed image consists of 554 million pixels, and is a combined mosaic image of observations taken with the 268-million-pixel OmegaCAM camera at the VLT Survey Telescope, hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. 

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2022 - ASTRONOMY - EVOLUTION - POSTER - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - SUPERNOVA - SUPERNOVA REMNANT - VELA -