Wallpaper author:
John Ebersole
29 Nov 2025
NGC 2467
NGC 2467 is commonly called the Skull and Crossbones nebula, but I prefer to call it the Southern Butterfly, that it more closely resembles in widefield. It is shown here in an HST palette.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2467
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Star-forming Regions
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 118.075 Dec -26.41669
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................18 Mar 2021 - 05 Feb 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 363 | 2h25m | 24 |
| OIII | 313 | 2h5m | 24 |
| Halpha | 222 | 1h25m | 23 |