Spaghetti Nebula (Sh2-240, Simeis 147, SNR G180. 0-01.7)

by Gary Lopez FRAS

Equipment: ZWO ASI1600MM Pro

Integration: 20h 50m

Sharpless 2-240, known as the Spaghetti Nebula, is a large supernova remnant straddling the border between the constellations Auriga and Taurus. The glowing gas filaments cover nearly 3 degrees of the sky, a cloud of stellar debris that is about 150 light years across. The explosion occurred about 40,000 years ago, the light reaching Earth a few thousand years later. A spinning neutron star or…