Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
09 Jul 2026
NGC 3166 and NGC 3169
This is a dataset of galaxy pair NGC 3166 and NGC 3169. It contains 21 hours of total exposure time in LRGB. NGC 3166 is a lenticular galaxy and NGC 3169 is a spiral galaxy. These galaxies are about 65 million light years away in the constellation Sextans and are separated by an estimated 160,000 light years.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3166 and NGC 3169
20 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Group of Galaxies
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI Proline PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 153.4405 Dec 3.4248
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................United States of America
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................03 Nov 2025 - 20 Mar 2026
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 1200 | 9h | 27 |
| Red | 1200 | 4h | 12 |
| Green | 1200 | 4h | 12 |
| Blue | 1200 | 4h | 12 |