ESO showed the "ghost" of a giant dead star
Miscellaneous / / April 04, 2023
Image of incredible beauty with a resolution of 554 million pixels.
European Southern Observatory (ESO) showed detailed image of the supernova remnant Vela. It was obtained using the VLT survey telescope located on the Cerro Paranal mountain in Chile.
A fine structure of pink and orange clouds is all that remains of a massive star that ended its life in a massive explosion some 11,000 years ago. Such luminaries often go out in an explosion called a supernova. These explosions cause shock waves that travel through the surrounding gas, compressing it and creating complex filamentous structures. The energy released heats the gas "tentacles", causing them to glow brightly.
In this 554 million-pixel image, you can see what was formed after the explosion of the supernova Vela, named after the southern constellation of the Parus. Nine full moons fit in this image, but the entire cloud of gas is much larger. Located just 800 light-years from Earth, this spectacular supernova remnant is one of the closest known to us.
The image itself is a mosaic of frames taken with the OmegaCAM wide-angle camera on the ESO Survey Telescope. Its 268 million pixel camera can capture images through multiple filters that let in different colors of light. This particular shot of the Vela remnant used a combination of magenta, blue, green, and red.
You can download the high resolution image from site European Southern Observatory. In JPEG format, the image will weigh 157 MB.
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