Wide-field view of the sky around the Pencil Nebula

This image of the region of sky around the Pencil Nebula shows a spectacular celestial landscape featuring the blue filaments of the Vela supernova remnant, the red glow of clouds of hydrogen and countless stars. It is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Credit:

ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

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About the Image

Id:	eso1236c
Type:	Observation
Release date:	12 September 2012, 12:00
Related releases:	eso1236
Size:	14710 x 9825 px

About the Object

Name:	Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS 2), NGC 2736, Pencil Nebula, Vela SNR
Type:	Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Constellation:	Vela
Category:	Nebulae