Gigapixel Image of Vela Supernova Remnant Captured | Víctor Blanco Telescope

Gigapixel Image of Vela Supernova Remnant Captured | Víctor Blanco Telescope

With the powerful, 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, astronomers have constructed a massive 1.3 gigapixel image showcasing the central part of the Vela Supernova Remnant. It is the cosmic corpse of a gigantic star that exploded as a supernova 11,000 years ago. DECam is one of the highest-performing wide-field imaging instruments in the world and is mounted on the US National Science Foundation's 4-meter Víctor M. Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab.

Distance: about 800 light years

Credit:

Images and Videos: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, T. Matsopoulos, N. Bartmann

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

Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds

Release Date: March 10, 2024

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