Wallpaper author:
Paul Waddington
26 May 2026
NGC 3132
NGC 3132, the Southern Ring Nebula in the constellation Vela, is a planetary nebula estimated at a distance of 2000 light-years.
Stacking in SAS Pro, processed in PixInsight (still learning it) with BXT and NXT. Final adjustments in Affinity Photo 2
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3132
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Planetary Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 151.7574 Dec -40.43643
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................12 Dec 2021 - 12 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 20m | 2 |
| Red | 600 | 20m | 2 |
| Green | 600 | 20m | 2 |
| Blue | 600 | 20m | 2 |