Wallpaper author:
Mike Paling
24 Jul 2020
The Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592)
The Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592) is a faint reflection nebula in the Scorpius constellation that is lit by Nu Scorpii.
The Nebula is about 40 light-years across, located some 420 light-years away near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 4592
15 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 243.25 Dec -19.3
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................17 Apr 2020 - 22 Aug 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 327 | 5h27m | 60 |
| Red | 195 | 3h15m | 60 |
| Green | 214 | 3h30m | 59 |
| Blue | 488 | 8h | 59 |