Orion's Arm - Encyclopedia Galactica - Vela Supernova Remnant

BY LETTER

Vela Supernova Remnant

Galactography > Regions of Space > Middle Regions/Hinter-regions
Galactography > Places and Locales

Supernova remnant some 800 light years from Sol. This nebula is the remnant of a supernova that exploded about 10,000 years B.T. The Vela Supernova Remnant is near the centre of a much older nebula, the Gum Nebula (Gum 12) which is itself the remnant of a supernova.

Location of Swallowflight and the Vela Immunity.

Nebula
Supernova
Supernova Remnant - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
The expanding and cooling shell of gas and dust that is visible for thousands of years after a supernova. After a few tens of thousands of years supernova remnants mix with the interstellar medium and dissipate.
Swallowflight - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
(Near the Vela Supernova Remnant) 880 ly from Sol.
Capital of the Vela Immunity. Victim to a nanodisaster in 8100.
Vela Immunity

Appears in Topics

Middle Regions/Hinter-regions

Places and Locales

Development Notes

Text by M. Alan Kazlev

Initially published on 31 December 2007.