Wallpaper author:
Philip Yates
08 Jan 2022
NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy from CHI-3
NGC 1566, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1566
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 65.0017 Dec -54.9379
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Nov 2020 - 07 Jan 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 400 | 40m | 6 |
| Red | 300 | 25m | 5 |
| Green | 300 | 25m | 5 |
| Blue | 300 | 25m | 5 |
| Halpha | 180 | 15m | 5 |