Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
16 May 2022
IC 1284 - Sharpless 37
IC 1284, also known as Sharpless 37 (Sh2-37) is an emission nebula in the Sagittarius constellation. This region is located immediately south of M24, the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud. Just below IC 1284 there are two blue reflection nebulae vdB 118 (upper) and vdB 119 (lower).
This image was acquired with CHI-1, data from 5 one-click observations.
Total integration time: 400 minutes
HaRGB: 10 subs of 600s with each filter.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 1284
12 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 274.375 Dec -19.7167
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................07 May 2022 - 11 Oct 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 4h20m | 26 |
| Blue | 648 | 4h30m | 25 |
| Green | 576 | 4h | 25 |
| Red | 576 | 4h | 25 |