Wallpaper author:
Ken Abremski
27 Feb 2023
IC2944 CLOSEUP
Close up of a region of the running chicken nebula in the constellation Centaurus. The small dark nebula made up of dust and gas are known as Bok globules. The data is from the one click observation with the CMOS camera.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 2944
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 173.775 Dec -63.2392
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................23 Feb 2023 - 29 Mar 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OIII | 560 | 2h20m | 15 |
| Halpha | 643 | 2h30m | 14 |
| SII | 600 | 2h20m | 14 |