Simeis 147 (Color) - Supernova Remnant

Collaborative effort between Jim Janusz and Dave Jurasevich

Click here for a monochrome H-alpha image of Simeis 147 (698 Kb)

The Details
Object	Simeis 147 in Taurus - Collaborative Effort
Optics	Takahashi FSQ-106 and Astro-Physics Traveler
Platform	Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mounts
Camera	SBIG STL-11000M and Apogee U16-M
Filters	Tru-Balance 6nm Hydrogen Alpha and RGB filter sets
Date	01 December 2008, 28 December 2008 . February 2009
Location	Mount Wilson Observatory - Mount Wilson, CA Cave Creek Canyon Observatory - Arizona
Exposure	Ha 2 x 10 x 1800 sec 1x1 bin (2 pane mosaic) RGB 4 x 4 x 900 sec 1x1 bin (4 pane mosaic)
Software	Maxim DL/CCD, Registar, CCDStack, Photoshop CS4
Orientation	Field of View: 04°21’ x 03°53’ centered on RA 05h41m23s DEC +27°58’32” (2000.0) . North angle 179.6 °; east 90° CCW from north
Notes	Simeis 147 is a supernova remnant spanning over 3 degrees of the sky. It's estimated to lie about 3000 light years from Earth, have an approximate diameter of 165 light years across, and an expansion rate of nearly 600 miles per second. The violent stellar explosion that created this object occurred about 30,000 years ago, leaving behind beautiful wisps of material and a pulsar designated PSR J0538+2817. The above image was a collaborative effort between Jim Janusz at the Cave Creek Canyon Observatory in Southern Arizona and Dave Jurasevich at the Mount Wilson Observatory, California. Dave provided the Ha data and Jim provided the RGB data. The final HaRGB image was processed by Jim Janusz.