Wallpaper author:
Rodney Hughes
22 May 2026
NGC290 Small Magellanic Cloud
The Small Magellanic Cloud found in constellation Tucana was processed in PixInsight as an HaLRGB image. Resolution is 1.5 arcsec/pixel.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Small Magellanic Cloud
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 13.62629 Dec -72.6676
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................15 Jun 2023 - 26 Jul 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 318 | 3h | 34 |
| Luminance | 362 | 3h25m | 34 |
| Red | 274 | 2h35m | 34 |
| Green | 245 | 2h15m | 33 |
| Blue | 300 | 2h45m | 33 |