Wallpaper author:
Dan Crowson
18 Nov 2020
NGC 1313
NGC 1313 (the Topsy-Turvy Galaxy, ESO 82-11, PGC 12286, VV 436 and others) is an odd, barred spiral located approximately 13,900 light-years away (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50/pdf) in Reticulum.
Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 1x1
240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours
Imaged on October 10th and 11th and November 16th and 17th, 2020 at the El Sauce Observatory – Telescope.Live (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 16803 on an ASA 500N at f/3.8 1900mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50618235181/sizes/l/
LRGB – crop - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50618342007/sizes/l/
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1313
3 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 49.56667 Dec -66.49805
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................10 Oct 2020 - 17 Nov 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 263 | 35m | 8 |
| Green | 300 | 40m | 8 |
| Blue | 150 | 20m | 8 |
| Luminance | 1029 | 2h | 7 |