Wallpaper author:
Marek Idec
03 Apr 2023
The Trifid Nebula
This is one of my favorite deep sky objects. The image was taken with the CHI-1 and broad band filters. Both emission and reflection nebulae are very bright. Around 20 minutes per channel was sufficient capture all details.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M20
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 270.675 Dec -22.9667
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................24 Sept 2019 - 14 Aug 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 67 | 40m | 36 |
| Red | 69 | 40m | 35 |
| Green | 857 | 8h20m | 35 |
| Blue | 65 | 38m | 35 |
| Halpha | 806 | 7h50m | 35 |