Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)
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64,000 year old remnant:  SNR G206.9+02.3, Richard Carande
64,000 year old remnant:  SNR G206.9+02.3
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64,000 year old remnant: SNR G206.9+02.3

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64,000 year old remnant:  SNR G206.9+02.3, Richard Carande
64,000 year old remnant:  SNR G206.9+02.3
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64,000 year old remnant: SNR G206.9+02.3

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About 64,000 years ago a star in our galaxy 7,000 light-years away went supernova.  This expanding remnant is now the size of 2 full moons in the sky, however it is fairly dim.  This result is from over 13 hours of 300s subs.  As I was collecting these subs, I could not see any hint of the remnant in any of them, despite very good sky conditions and no moon.  One of the joys of this hobby is being able to see the integration process create something from (apparently) nothing.

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64,000 year old remnant:  SNR G206.9+02.3, Richard Carande