Wallpaper author:
Andrew Macica
31 May 2026
IC 5148 (IC 5150)
IC 5148 (IC 5150) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation of Grus (The Crane). (TheSky, Software Bisque)
Image processed by Andrew F. Macica, original data from Telescope Live.
Imaging Details:
Observatory: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile
Telescope: Planewave CDK24
Aperture: 610 mm (24 inches), f/6.5
Focal Length: 3962 mm
Camera: QHY 600M Pro CMOS
Filters: RGB
Total Exposure: 4 hours 55 min.
Image Processing: PixInsight 1.9.3 Lockhart (x64);
BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator (RC Astro);
Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4;
Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.3
Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 5148
3 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 329.8962 Dec -39.3856
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................29 Nov 2023 - 02 Sept 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 25 | 5m | 12 |
| Red | 25 | 5m | 12 |
| Green | 25 | 5m | 12 |
| Blue | 25 | 5m | 12 |
| Halpha | 1500 | 4h35m | 11 |