Vela SNR - The Tiger in the Mist

by Bob Meincke

Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106N, FLI PL16803

Integration: 31h 30m

In this crop of the Vela Supernova Remnant, the cyan oxygen filaments and warm hydrogen/sulfur clouds began to feel like a tiger emerging through cosmic mist. Like all pareidolia, the creature may be clearer to some eyes than others — but that is part of the fun of wandering through these ancient stellar ruins. The Vela Supernova Remnant, cataloged as SNR G263.9−03.3, is the expanding debris from…