The Spaghetti Nebula
Sh2-240 in Auriga
also known as Simeis 147, is a supernova remnant (SNR) in our Milky Way galaxy.
A rapidly spinning neutron star, pulsar PSR J0538+2817 lies at the nebula's core.
Also straddling the constellation of Taurus the bull, it was discovered in 1952 by Crimean Astronomer,
Grigory Shajn and his team. The nebula has a near-spherical shell and lovely filamentary structure.
At a distance of 3,000 light-years, and an age of 40,000 years, it spans 160 light-years across.
Many thanks to my collaborator, Lee Skrobot for capturing and preprocessing the data!
LARGE
also known as Simeis 147, is a supernova remnant (SNR) in our Milky Way galaxy.
A rapidly spinning neutron star, pulsar PSR J0538+2817 lies at the nebula's core.
Also straddling the constellation of Taurus the bull, it was discovered in 1952 by Crimean Astronomer,
Grigory Shajn and his team. The nebula has a near-spherical shell and lovely filamentary structure.
At a distance of 3,000 light-years, and an age of 40,000 years, it spans 160 light-years across.
Many thanks to my collaborator, Lee Skrobot for capturing and preprocessing the data!
LARGE