Wallpaper author:
Douglas Gittins
18 Dec 2023
NGC1333 EMBRYO NEBULA
To capture this image, I peered through a veil of dust on the edge of a giant cloud of cold molecular hydrogen – the raw material for fabricating new stars and planets under the relentless pull of gravity.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 1848
15 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 42.775 Dec 60.4
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................03 Nov 2020 - 12 Feb 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 573 | 7h | 44 |
| OIII | 586 | 7h10m | 44 |
| SII | 642 | 7h40m | 43 |