Wallpaper author:
GEORGE YAEGER
22 Mar 2026
Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 enhanced color
I use Gimp 3.1 to enhance the blue and green components, aligned and combined them with the red component and further enhanced the resulting image. Lastly I cropped the image..
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6302
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Planetary Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 258.4347 Dec -37.10304
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................26 Jul 2021 - 08 Sept 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 5h | 30 |
| OIII | 600 | 5h | 30 |
| SII | 600 | 5h | 30 |