Wallpaper author:
Pranay Kanwar
07 Jul 2023
M2 a.k.a NGC 7089
M2, a.k.a NGC 7089 a globular cluster ~55,000 light years away and ~175 light years across in Aquarius. It is one of the oldest globular clusters in our milky way ~12.5 billion years old, and is part of Gaia sausage, the remains of a white dwarf galaxy our milky way merged with.
LRGB 5h 25m (15:18:15:17x300s) CHI-1 Telescope, a Planewave CDK24 with QHY600M camera, and Astrodon 2nd GEN LRGB, situated in the Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile. Part of the telescope.live telescope network. Taken on multiple dates May-June 2023.
Processed in PixInsight.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M2
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 323.3626 Dec -0.8233
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................16 May 2023 - 14 Jun 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 339 | 2h10m | 23 |
| Green | 287 | 1h50m | 23 |
| Red | 300 | 1h55m | 23 |
| Luminance | 273 | 1h40m | 22 |