Vela Supernova Remnant – 4-Panel Cosmic Mosaic Print

Description

This breathtaking 4-panel mosaic captures an expansive swath of the Vela Supernova Remnant (SNR) — one of the most intricate and nearby supernova remnants in our night sky. Spanning over 100 light-years, the Vela SNR is a vast and delicate web of glowing filaments, the ethereal remains of a massive star that exploded over 11,000 years ago, located just 800 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation Vela.

Meticulously composed from four overlapping frames, this wide-field image reveals a grand, uninterrupted view of the nebula’s tangled structure, richly textured and rendered in remarkable detail using narrowband filters. The mosaic approach allows this capture to scale beautifully to large-format prints, offering viewers an immersive experience of this celestial relic’s delicate structure and depth.

Each panel was captured and blended with care, preserving the finest features of the nebula — from ghostly hydrogen filaments to brilliant arcs of ionised oxygen and sulphur. The explosion that formed this remnant also left behind the Vela Pulsar, a spinning neutron star still beaming radiation like a lighthouse across the cosmos.

🔭 Technical Highlights:

• Telescope: ASKAR 400mm & ZWO AM5 Mount

• Camera: ASI2600MCP

• Exposure:

  • 30 x 300s – L-eXtreme

  • 30 x 300s – OIII/SII

  • 55 x 5s – L-Pro (for RGB stars)

• Processing: Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight, Photoshop

• Format: 4-panel high-resolution mosaic, ideal for large wall prints

Available now only at Astroman.Au

Bring home a museum-worthy print that reveals one of the sky’s most beautiful and chaotic structures in stunning scale and clarity. Whether you’re a stargazer, science lover, or simply looking for a statement piece, this image offers a spectacular window into the aftermath of a stellar cataclysm.

Bring home a museum-worthy print that reveals one of the sky’s most beautiful and chaotic structures in stunning scale and clarity. Whether you’re a stargazer, science lover, or simply looking for a statement piece, this image offers a spectacular window into the aftermath of a stellar cataclysm.