Wallpaper author:
Walter Borghini
26 Mar 2024
NGC 1313
About 13 million light years from our galaxy in the direction of the southern constellation of the Reticulus, there is this bizarre galaxy called "Topsy Turvy" due to its irregular shape and its rotation axis not exactly in the center. It is not yet clear whether it has swallowed a small companion in the past.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1313
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 49.5669 Dec -66.4983
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 Sept 2023 - 16 Nov 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 2h55m | 35 |
| Red | 309 | 3h | 35 |
| Green | 300 | 2h50m | 34 |
| Blue | 291 | 2h45m | 34 |