Wallpaper author:
Devoll Duka
11 Jun 2024
IC4592 - The Blue Horse Head
…”The blue light comes from fine dust reflecting the light of nearby stars. In this case, much of the reflected light comes from the star at the eye of the horse called “Nu Scorpii”. IC 4592 is a 3th magnitude Bright Nebula appearing in the constellation Scorpius. It is 424 light years from our solar system”…
Source: SkySafariPlus, Sky&Telescope
Data: #telescopelive
High resolution image at the link: https://astrob.in/56hcbx/0/
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 |