This image is approximately 2.6x1.5 degree FOV. The remnant itself extends some three times or more as far. The cloud is the left over remants of an exploded star 900 light years away about 11000 years ago.
Astronomy and Astrophotography by Michael Booth. I live in the south of Tasmania and in the breaks between the cloudy days and nights I like to get outside and enjoy observing and photographing the night sky.
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