Wallpaper author:
Thomas Hardie
20 Feb 2026
The Skull and Crossbones Nebula
Used Pixinsight to stack the lights and the narrowband hue combination script assign the colors and finished it Photoshop. Not sure I can make out the skull and crossbones myself.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2467
9 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Star-forming Regions
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 118.2338 Dec -26.3861
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................04 May 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OIII | 300 | 4h10m | 50 |
| Halpha | 324 | 4h25m | 49 |
| SII | 276 | 3h45m | 49 |