What do you see in this intricate image of the Vela supernova remnant? A spooky spider web, magical dragons, or wispy trails of ghosts? This beautiful tapestry of colors shows the ghostly remains of a gigantic star after a cosmic catastrophe. It was captured here in remarkable detail with the
This image shows a spectacular view of the orange and pink clouds that make up what remains after the explosive death of a massive star — the Vela supernova remnant. This detailed image consists of 554 million pixels, and is a combined mosaic image of observations taken with the 268-million-pixel OmegaCAM camera at the VLT Survey Telescope, hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. OmegaCAM can take images through several filters that each let the telescope see the light emitted in a distinct color.
Dive into the details of the Vela supernova remnant with these 12 highlights, each showing a different intricate part of the beautiful pink and orange gaseous clouds and the bright stars in the foreground and background. Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team, Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit The detector registers the light collected by the telescope. OmegaCAM, the camera attached to the VST, has an array of 32 detectors covering a large field of view.
When an astronomical object is larger than the field of view one needs to stitch together different images, typically called a mosaic. This also allows us to fill in the gaps in between the detectors.
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