Gorgeous supernova remnant on APOD

[pokerfan]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090131.html

Be sure to follow the link and click on the image to get the high resolution image.

Here's the low res version:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090131.html">

Explanation: It's easy to get lost following the intricate filaments in this detailed image of faint supernova remnant Simeis 147. Also cataloged as Sh2-240 and seen towards the constellation Taurus, it covers nearly 3 degrees (6 full moons) on the sky. That corresponds to a width of 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud's estimated distance of 3,000 light-years. The remarkable narrow-band composite image in the Hubble color palette includes emission from hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms tracing regions of shocked, glowing gas. This supernova remnant has an estimated age of about 40,000 years - meaning light from the massive stellar explosion first reached Earth 40,000 years ago. But this expanding remnant is not the only aftermath. The cosmic catastrophe also left behind a spinning neutron star or pulsar, all that remains of the original star's core.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe: the starry heavens above me...

and the moral law within me.


EDIT: As far as imagery is concerned, I suspect something of that sort is what Kant had in mind.

[Nostradammit]

2. That's fricking awesome!

Check out the "Stereo" images of it at the link:

(Cross your eyes and it turns 3D!)

http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/

[jimshoes]

3. I didn't even think it

possible to extract a 3D image from something so distant. Amazing work with Hubble and Very Long Baseline Astronomy.

[tridim]

5. According to the page, they're simulated 3D stereo pairs..

"I turned this image of Rosette Nebula to a Stereo pair format by adding some volume. The result is more or less an educational guess about real 3D appearance of this formation."

Still pretty neat though.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I love supernovae! One of my fave outer space things. :^)

[supernova]

6. Such a lovely portrait of me!

:D

[EndersDame]

7. Images from space are truly awe inspiring

I wish I could travel the stars and see close up the wonders of the universe.