Wallpaper author:
sauro gaudenzi
29 Apr 2024
Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy, probably a satellite of the Milky Way, and the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds. Due to its relatively short distance of only 48 kpc (160,000 al), it is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way after the Canis Major (12.9 kpc (42,000 al)) and Sagittarius (16 kpc (52,000 al)), the latter located on the opposite side of the galactic center from the solar system.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Large Magellanic Cloud
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 80.8942 Dec -69.7561
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................02 Mar 2023 - 30 Sept 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 713 | 3h10m | 16 |
| Red | 563 | 2h30m | 16 |
| Green | 563 | 2h30m | 16 |
| Blue | 563 | 2h30m | 16 |
| Halpha | 600 | 2h30m | 15 |