Supernova Remnant Puppis A in Vela | Víctor Blanco Telescope

Supernova Remnant Puppis A in Vela | Víctor Blanco Telescope

Puppis A (Pup A) is a supernova remnant about 100 light-years in diameter and roughly 6,500–7,000 light-years away. This object is 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 4-meter US National Science Foundation's Víctor M. Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab. Although Pup A overlaps the Vela Supernova Remnant, it is four times more distant.

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

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

Release Date: March 12, 2024

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