Wallpaper author:
Alan Daly
02 May 2023
GUM37 - The Southern Tadpoles
The Southern Tadpole Nebula (GUM37) is an emission nebula located in the southern constellation of Carina, less than 10,000 light-years away from Earth. The golden “egg” located top-centre is called a photo-evaporating globule, a remnant of the molecular cloud from which the star cluster (NGC 3572) formed but held in place by the stellar forces.
Dataset from which the image was processed
GUM 37
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 167.5097 Dec -60.0951
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................23 Jan 2023 - 20 Jun 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 650 | 4h20m | 24 |
| SII | 625 | 4h10m | 24 |
| OIII | 525 | 3h30m | 24 |