Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant(in "natural" color)
Explanation: It's easy to get lost following the intricate filaments in this detailed image of faint supernova remnant Simeis 147. Also cataloged as Sh2-240 and seen towards the constellation Taurus, it covers nearly 3 degrees (6 full moons) on the sky. That corresponds to a width of 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud's estimated distance of 3,000 light-years. The remarkable narrow-band composite image in the Hubble color palette includes emission from hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms tracing regions of shocked, glowing gas. This supernova remnant has an estimated age of about 40,000 years - meaning light from the massive stellar explosion first reached Earth 40,000 years ago. But this expanding remnant is not the only aftermath. The cosmic catastrophe also left behind a spinning neutron star or pulsar, all that remains of the original star's core.
“这幅精彩的哈伯太空望远镜窄波段组合影像” 哪来的哈伯太空望远镜?
This is a second version of Sh-240 this year. I added more H-a light. Now image is smooth and signal / noise is improved. I might shoot more lights for this later in this spring. - Two versions, first in Hubble palette and secon in "natural" color narrowband composoite. - Exposures so far are: H-alpha, 12x600s + 24x300s(binned 2x2) + 12x600s = 6h S-II, 5x600s (binned 2x2) O-III, 14x300s (binned 3x3) - Optics: Canon 200mm EF f1.8 @ f1.8 Camera(佳能相机): QHY9 @ -50 C Guiding: Lx200 GPS 12" + LQHY5 and PHD-Guiding - The information in O-III channel is extremely weak. I used a special technique of mine to dig it out for color information. |