Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                                2019 January 10
                                      [2]
                        Vela Supernova Remnant Mosaic
  Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Robert Gendler [4] , Roberto Colombari [5] ,
                      Digitized Sky Survey [6]  (POSS II)

Explanation: The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy runs through this complex and
beautiful skyscape [7] . Seen toward colorful stars near the northwestern edge
of the constellation Vela [8] (the Sails), the 16 degree wide, 200 frame
mosaic is centered on the glowing filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant [9]
, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. Light
from the supernova explosion that created [10]  the Vela remnant reached Earth
about 11,000 years ago. In addition to the shocked filaments of glowing gas,
the cosmic catastrophe also left behind an incredibly dense, rotating stellar
core, the Vela Pulsar [11] . Some 800 light-years distant, the Vela remnant is
likely embedded [12] in a larger and older supernova remnant, the Gum Nebula
[13] . Objects identified in this broad mosaic [14]  include emission and
reflection nebulae, star clusters, and the remarkable Pencil Nebula [15] .

                      Tomorrow's picture: New Moon rise

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