Wallpaper author:
Marek Idec
28 Nov 2021
Barnard 252
This dark nebula in the constellation Scorpius is known as the Dolphin Nebula. Besides the Barnard Catalogue it's listed also in the Lynd's Catalogue of Dark Nebulae as LDN 1698. The image was created from multiple One-Click observations with total exposure time 5 hours 20 minutes.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Barnard 252
9 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Dark Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 258.75 Dec -32.1833
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 Mar 2021 - 09 Sept 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 750 | 4h10m | 20 |
| Green | 480 | 2h40m | 20 |
| Blue | 510 | 2h50m | 20 |
| Red | 660 | 3h40m | 20 |