Wallpaper author:
Peter Cerveny
18 Jan 2026
NGC 2516 / Caldwell 96
NGC 2516 (also known as Caldwell 96) is an open star cluster in the constellation Carina.
Processed with Siril 1.4, Photoshop CC by this dataset of only 40 minutes.
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 |