Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
31 May 2022
Barnard 150 - Seahorse Nebula
Barnard 150, also known as Seahorse Nebula, is a dark molecular cloud of dust in Cepheus constellation, about 1200 light years from Earth.
Barnard 150 has 3 highly dense dust cores, which actually are star formation regions. They were cataloged by Lynds and named LDN 1082 A, B and C.
This image is acquired with CHI-1. Data from 4 one-click observations.
Total integration time 320 minutes
LRGB 8 sub-frames of 600s.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M45
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 56.75 Dec 24.11669
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................18 Nov 2020 - 06 Dec 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 180 | 45m | 15 |
| Luminance | 180 | 45m | 15 |
| Red | 180 | 45m | 15 |
| Green | 180 | 45m | 15 |