Explanation: It's easy to get lost following the intricate filaments in this detailed image of faint supernova remnant Simeis 147.
Seen towards the constellation Taurus it covers nearly 3 degrees (6 full moons) on the sky corresponding to a width of 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud's estimated distance of 3,000 light-years.
The area of the sky shown covers over 70 times the area of the full Moon.
This supernova remnant has an apparent age of about 100,000 years - meaning light from the massive stellar explosion first reached Earth 100,000 years ago - but this expanding remnant is not the only aftermath.
