Wallpaper author:
Chiradeep Chhaya
12 May 2022
Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud is an irregular galaxy in our Local Cluster, visible from the Southern Hemisphere and up to about 20 degrees N latitude. It is visible to the naked eye in even in moderately dark skies.
This is a processing of the LMC Observation Bundle.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Large Magellanic Cloud
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 80.8942 Dec -69.7561
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................27 Feb 2020 - 26 Jan 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 851 | 17h30m | 74 |
| Red | 608 | 12h30m | 74 |
| Green | 624 | 12h50m | 74 |
| Blue | 625 | 12h40m | 73 |
| Halpha | 144 | 2h55m | 73 |