Vela Supernova Remnant

Vela Supernova Remnant

Diffuse nebula


caption= A Skyfactory Visible Light image of Vela Supernova Remnant. Credit: Digitized Sky Survey/ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator.
name = Vela Supernova Remnant
type = Supernova Remnant
epoch = J2000.0
ra = 08h 35m 20.66s
dec = -45° 10m 35.2s
dist_ly = 815±98 [cite journal
last=Cha | first=Alexandra N.
coauthors=Sembach, Kenneth R.; Danks, Anthony C.
title=The Distance to the Vela Supernova Remnant
journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters
year=1999 | volume=515 | pages=L25–L28
url=http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902230v2
doi=10.1086/311968
] ly
appmag_v = 12
size_v = 8 degree (approx.)
constellation = Vela
radius_ly = ??
absmag_v = ???
notes =
names =
The Vela supernova remnant is a supernova remnant in the southern constellation Vela. Its source supernova exploded approximately 11,000-12,300 years ago (and was about 800 light years away). The association of the Vela supernova remnant with the Vela pulsar, made by astronomers at the University of Sydney in 1968, [cite journal |last=Large |first=M. I. |authorlink= |coauthors=Vaughan, A. E.; Mills, B. Y. |year=1968 |month= |title=A Pulsar Supernova Association? |journal=Nature |volume=220 |issue=5165 |pages=340 |doi=10.1038/220340a0 |url= |accessdate= |quote= ] was direct observational proof that supernovae form neutron stars.

The Vela supernova remnant includes NGC 2736. It also overlaps the Puppis Supernova Remnant, which is four times more distant. Both the Puppis and Vela remnants are among the largest and brightest features in the x-ray sky.

ee also

*List of supernova remnants

References

External links

* http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960612.html
* http://www.aao.gov.au/images/captions/uks002.html
* http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970713.html
* http://astro.nineplanets.org/twn/velax.html
* http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070213.html
* [http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wpb/hstvela/hstvela.html Bill Blair's Vela supernova Remnant page]
* http://www.skyfactory.org/vela/vela.htm
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