Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
03 Jan 2023
M88
This is an image of M88. It is a spiral galaxy about 50 million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. Its galactic core contains a super massive black hole about 100 million times the mass of our sun.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M88
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 187.9967 Dec 14.4204
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................20 Mar 2021 - 07 Jul 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 360 | 1h | 10 |
| Red | 270 | 45m | 10 |
| Green | 240 | 40m | 10 |
| Blue | 333 | 50m | 9 |