Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
24 Jan 2021
47 Tucanae (NGC 104)
Picture of 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana. It is about 13,000 ly away from Earth, and 120 light years in diameter. 47 Tucanae is the second brightest globular cluster after Omega Centauri.
Used a Pro Dataset from TL with images acquired with the CHI-2 telescope (ASA500N with FLI PL16803).
Total exposure 60 minutes.
RGB: 8 subframes of 180s with each filter
Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop CC.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 104
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 6.02083 Dec -72.08139
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................18 Oct 2020 - 18 Oct 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 180 | 21m | 7 |
| Green | 154 | 18m | 7 |
| Blue | 210 | 21m | 6 |