Wallpaper author:
Ken Abremski
15 Jan 2026
NGC 2516
The Southern Beehive cluster in the constellation of Carina. The cluster is very young only about 120 M yrs old. Also known as Caldwell 96. The cluster contains a number of "optical" doubles and three red giants. Data was processed with PixInsight, RC-Astro Tools, and Photoshop.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2516
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 119.525 Dec -60.8
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Dec 2021 - 25 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Red | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Green | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Blue | 300 | 10m | 2 |