Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
04 Apr 2023
Horsehead Nebula Widefield
This is a widefield image of the area around the Horsehead Nebula. You can see the Orion Nebula and the Running Man nebula near the bottom of the picture and M78 near the top. You can also see part of the Lambda Orionis Ring on the left side of th picture. This nebula complex is located about 1,500 lighht years away in the constellation Orion.
Dataset from which the image was processed
B33
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Dark Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ML16200
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 85.24583 Dec -2.45833
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................09 Feb 2021 - 09 Feb 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 180 | 12m | 4 |
| Red | 180 | 12m | 4 |
| Green | 240 | 12m | 3 |
| Blue | 240 | 12m | 3 |
| Halpha | 60 | 3m | 3 |