Supernova Remnant 3C400.2

[afesan]

Very probably this is the first amateur image taken over this target. ..

3C400.2 SNR is a 30' apparent widefield SNR  located at an estimated distance of 6 kpc into Sagitta constellation. It´s extremely faint and weak ,to complicate it furthermore... it´s amidst a very crowded and rich stellar field..

 

33,5 hours were  invested between June-July just to raise up some signal and filaments from the background. I hope this image encourage some other amateurs to image some other diificult targets....that just 10 years ago was  only within reach of professional astronomers..

 

 

Thanks to Mr. Sakib Raasol for the information and motivation that makes me to try this target.

 

More resolution ( 2500x1900) image  and information:

 

http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/SNR%203C4002%2CPN%20G053.1-02.1%20%28Sagitta%29.html

 

 

CS

Antonio

Edited August 8, 2014 by afesan

[MarkS]

Antonio,

 

Remarkable image. Makes my little galaxies look like lighthouses! Thanks for showing us this.

 

Regards,

Mark

[afesan]

Mark... the astrophotography  sometimes seems to me a masochist hobby  .. Hours and hours of imaging..just to barely take off some minor signal from the background noise.

 Crazy ¡¡ isn´t it ?..

Antonio