Deep Sky Object in Winter
Sh2-240 (Supernova Remnant in Taurus & Auriga)

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Date & Time: Nov 10 2018, from 26:50 to 27:50 JST(+0900)
Composed 16 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: BORG 60ED with a conversion lens (f=245mm, F4.1)
with IDAS LPS-V4 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Device Size...36×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO800


Sh2-240 / Supernova Remnant, type 3 E
R.A.05h 39m 6.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+28° 00' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size200×180'
Real Size140 light yrs.
Magnitude -
Distance2600 light yrs.
Other IDsLBN822
You can see a vast, but extraordinary faint supernova remnant of Sh2-240 (Simeis 147) between the constellations of Auriga and Taurus. The remnant has an apparent diameter of over 3 degrees.
The Sh2-240 is a remnant of supernova that exploded about 200 thousand years ago, and the nebula is extending with a terrific speed yet. Of course we cannot detect the nebula with our naked eyes. It's one of features that the nebula has fine filamentary structures, looks like a very dimmed Veil nebula in Cygnus.



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Sh2-241

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