Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  12.20  ·  125 Tau  ·  136 Tau  ·  203 Pompeja  ·  26 Aur  ·  NGC 1985  ·  PK176+00.1  ·  PK178-02.1  ·  PK181+00.1  ·  PK184-02.1  ·  Sh2-240  ·  Sh2-242  ·  The star 125Tau  ·  The star 136Tau  ·  The star 26Aur  ·  VdB45
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Spaghetti Nebula SH2-240 in Auriga, astrobdlbug
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Spaghetti Nebula SH2-240 in Auriga

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Simeis 147, also known as Sharpless 2-240 is a large and extremely faint supernova remnant lying on the border of the Constellations Taurus and Auriga. It is approximately 3000 light years from Earth and covers an area of sky larger than 3x3 degrees. The supernova is estimated to have occurred over 30,000 years ago leaving behind this remnant and a spinning neutron star at its center designated as a pulsar PSR JO538+2817. It was discovered in 1952 in Simeis a then part of the USSR.

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