Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  The star 118Tau  ·  The star 121Tau  ·  The star 125Tau  ·  The star 132Tau  ·  The star 136Tau  ·  The star 26Aur
SH2-240/Simeis 147/Spaghetti Nebula in HaRGB, Rick Stevenson
SH2-240/Simeis 147/Spaghetti Nebula in HaRGB
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SH2-240/Simeis 147/Spaghetti Nebula in HaRGB

SH2-240/Simeis 147/Spaghetti Nebula in HaRGB, Rick Stevenson
SH2-240/Simeis 147/Spaghetti Nebula in HaRGB
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SH2-240/Simeis 147/Spaghetti Nebula in HaRGB

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Sharpless 2-240, aka Simeis 147, aka the Spaghetti Nebula is a supernova remnant about 3,000 light-years away located on the border between the constellations of Taurus and Auriga. It's really big (about 36 times the area of the full moon) and extremely faint.

This image is based on a total of 82 hours of data captured from SRO (FSQ106ED/QSI683 3x3 Ha mosaic ) and DSW (Rokinon 135mm/QSI583 HaRGB) between September 2014 and February 2016.

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SH2-240/Simeis 147/Spaghetti Nebula in HaRGB, Rick Stevenson