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Object Info
Object Name Vela Supernova Remnant;
Type Emission Nebula;
Location Centered at RA: 08h 31m 38.8s Dec: -44°07'12"
Constellation Vela
Magnitude ?
Size ?
Distance ?
Age ?
Dimensions 40 x 30 degrees
Image Field 68'82" x 102'09"
Notes This is a HaHa(G)B Image.
A Schuler (10nm) Hydrogen Alpha Filter was used for the Luminance and Red channels.
The Green channel was synthesized from the Ha and B images.

William-Optics Minus-Violet filter used for all exposures.
Taken from: Tin Shed Observatory
Gold Coast, Queensland
Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S
On: 28-12-2002, 4-01-2003, 5-01-2003



Image Info
Telescope Synta 102mm f5 Achromat Refractor
Focal Length 500 millimetres
Telescope guiding Pixcel 255 at 2800mm (C11)
Telescope control Astrometric Sky Walker II
CCD camera SBIG ST-10xe
Camera cooling Regulated Thermoelectric
Camera pixels 2184 x 1472 x 6.8um
Image scale 2.8 arcseconds per pixel unbinned
Processed with: Mira A/P, Maxim DL, AIP4Win, CCDSharp, Photoshop
Exposure Ha = 240 minutes taken as 3-minutes unbinned.
Image Calibrations All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded.