Wallpaper author:
Beatrice Heinze
22 Jun 2026
NGC 3532 Wishing Well Cluster (LRGB)
The Wishing Well Cluster is a wonderful open star cluster in the constellation Carina, situated at a distance of approximately 1,300 light-years.
I used the following software: Astro Pixel Processor for stacking and PixInsight for processing the astrophotograph (Gradient Correction, SPCC, Super Luminance, BlurXT, Color Saturation, SCNR, NoiseXT, Curves Transformation -> Lab 'c', ...).
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3532
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 166.4125 Dec -58.75
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................22 Mar 2021 - 22 Mar 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Red | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Green | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Blue | 300 | 10m | 2 |