Background Galaxy Found in Image of Vela Supernova Remnant

This image shows a distant, twinkling spiral galaxy — one of the many cosmic treasures found within the new 1.3 gigapixel Vela Supernova Remnant image, captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the US National Science Foundation's Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab.

Credit:

CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

About the Image

Id:noirlab2406h
Type:Observation
Release date:March 12, 2024, 8 a.m.
Related releases:noirlab2406
Size:1300 x 1300 px

About the Object

Name:Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Constellation:Vela
Category:Galaxies

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Coordinates

ObjectValue
Position (RA):8 23 57.09
Position (Dec):-43° 50' 48.84"
Field of view:1.24 x 1.24 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 1.1° right of vertical


Colors & filters

BandWave-lengthTele-scope
Optical
OIII
501 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam
Optical
S II
673 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam
Optical
H-alpha + NII
662 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DECam