Wallpaper author:
Ken Abremski
14 Jul 2026
SH 2-63
This is a dark nebula from the Sharpless catalog in the constellation Sagittarius. Due to its interesting ethereal shape, it is known by a number of names including "The Galactic Surfer", "Eagle Ray Nebula" and "Stingray Nebula". The data were processed with PixInsight and RC-Astro Tools.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Sh 2-63
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ML16200
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 299.25 Dec -14.11667
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................04 Aug 2021 - 04 Aug 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 50m | 5 |
| Red | 600 | 50m | 5 |
| Green | 600 | 50m | 5 |
| Blue | 600 | 50m | 5 |