Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
25 Oct 2021
M19
This is an image of M19. It is a globular cluster about 28,000 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The cluster is about 1.1 million times the mass of the sun and is about 12.9 billion years old.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M19
6 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 255.657 Dec -26.2679
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................11 Mar 2021 - 06 Sept 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 1h35m | 19 |
| Red | 300 | 1h35m | 19 |
| Green | 284 | 1h30m | 19 |
| Blue | 317 | 1h35m | 18 |