Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  HD278133  ·  HD35544  ·  HD35761  ·  LBN 769  ·  Sh2-224
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SH2-224 The Rice Hat Nebula, Franklin Marek
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SH2-224 The Rice Hat Nebula

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SH2-224 The Rice Hat Nebula

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SH2-224 The Rice Hat Nebula

At an estimated 14,700 lightyears away this is a very faint super nova remnant in Auriga.  It is thought that the supernova formed the main bulb which then drifted into an area of low pressure gasses causing a secondary bow shock and cone of ionized gases creating the "hat".  

There are a couple very distant galaxies in the image as well, some around 300 million lightyears away and one at the top of the main bulb that is over 700million light years away!!

Link to my youtube video on the image:https://youtu.be/bL4fWrgAL3s

Some close in crops:
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(Both roughly 300million lightyears away)

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(Over 700million lightyears away)

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SH2-224 The Rice Hat Nebula, Franklin Marek