SH2-224
About this object
SH2-224 is a supernova remnant in the constellation Auriga. It is very faint and required many hours of exposure time to adequately highlight the nebula. This remnant of an exploded star is thought to be about 15,000 light years distant. It is thought that the material you see here was from a star which exploded between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago. Some of the red emission seen in the upper right corner of the image is from a second supernova remnant which lies just outside the field of view.
Image Details
- Optics: Stellarvue SV80ST2 Triplet Refractor with a SFF7-21 Field Flattener
- Mount: Mountain Instruments MI-250
- Camera: QSI 583
- Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, RGB filter set
- Exposure: HaRGB 1380:130:80:120 total of 28.5hrs
- Camera/Mount Control: Maxim DL 5, CCD Commander
- Location: Stark Bayou Observatory, Ocean Springs, MS
- Date: Dec 11-Jan 12
