--- title: "Astronomy Picture of the Day: 11/01/13 – G266.2-1.2" description: "[caption id=\"attachment_8755\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"267\"] Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Morehead State Univ/T.Pannuti et al, Optical: DSS[/caption] Happy November! We thought we'd celebrate the second-to-last month of the year with this cool supernova remnant. Called G266.2-1.2, this object is located about 3,262 light-years away from our home rock (in the Vela constellation).   This image - along with..." date: "2013-11-01" modified: "2013-11-01" authors: - name: "Joshua Filmer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/joshuafqtq" url: "https://futurism.com/astronomy-picture-of-the-day-110113-g266-2-1-2-2" categories: - "From Quarks to Quasars" --- # Astronomy Picture of the Day: 11/01/13 – G266.2-1.2 ![]() [![G266.2-1.2]()]() *Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Morehead State Univ/T.Pannuti et al, Optical: DSS* Happy November! We thought we'd celebrate the second-to-last month of the year with this cool supernova remnant. Called G266.2-1.2, this object is located about 3,262 light-years away from our home rock (in the Vela constellation). This image - [along with 8 others]() - was recently unveiled by NASA for the first time; in honor of American Archive Month. Not too much information was given with this never-before-seen region, but we don't need a lot of information to see how spectacular it is. The image IS known, however, to be [a composite image ]()made using data collected by Chandra (X-rays can seen in purple) and optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey (seen in red, green, and blue). The image reveals some very high-energy particles that were produced in the supernova event that occurred over a millennium ago. ## Author Joshua specializes in Mathematics and Physics at Portland State University.