Wallpaper author:
Dev Prana
24 May 2026
Flying Cosmic Bat Close-up
LDN 43, widely known as the Cosmic Bat Nebula, is a dense dark nebula and stellar nursery located about 1,400 light-years away in the Ophiuchus constellation. Spanning 12 light-years across, its thick cosmic dust absorbs and blocks light, creating a striking silhouette resembling a bat with outstretched wings. Nearly 20 hrs of good LRGB data from the remote Telescope Live observatory in Australia. Pre and Post processing in Pixinsight 1.9.4, with final touches in Paintshop Pro ultimate.
Dataset from which the image was processed
LDN 43
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Dark Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 248.6221 Dec -15.7864
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................28 Feb 2025 - 15 Jul 2025
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 5h | 30 |
| Red | 600 | 5h | 30 |
| Green | 600 | 5h | 30 |
| Blue | 600 | 5h | 30 |