Wallpaper author:
Andrew Macica
03 Feb 2026
NGC 5078, Edge-on Spiral Galaxy
NGC 5078 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the Hydra constellation, approximately 94 million light-years distant. (TheSky Software Bisque, NASA APOD)
Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.
Imaging Details:
Observatory: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile
Telescope: Planewave CDK24
Aperture: 610 mm (24 inches), f/6.5
Focal Length: 3962 mm
Camera: QHY 600M Pro CMOS
Filters: LRGB
Total Exposure: 2 hours 35 min.
Image Processing: PixInsight 1.8.9-3 Ripley (x64);
BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator (RC Astro);
Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4;
Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.0.1
Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 5078
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 199.9584 Dec -27.4103
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................15 Jul 2023 - 17 Jul 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 225 | 30m | 8 |
| Blue | 225 | 30m | 8 |
| Green | 450 | 1h | 8 |
| Red | 300 | 35m | 7 |