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Vela SNR

Awarded Highly Commended in 2015 Eureka Prize

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - FSQ106ED and QSI683-8

Guiding - QSI OAG and SBIG ST-i.

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

Ha OIII 900 1470 (30 minute subs narrow band)

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object -Located in the constellation of Vela at a distance of 650 light years and is 8 degrees in diameter. This is just a very small portion of the entire supernova remnant