Wallpaper author:
Pranay Kanwar
09 Mar 2022
NGC 1566
NGC 1566 a.k.a Spanish Dancer. An intermediate spiral galaxy ~69 Mil ly away in the constellation of Dorado.
LRGB 2h30m acquired from CHI-3 part of telescope.live network on Jan 07 2022, and 02 Mar 2022. Frames
L 3x600s
R 4x600s
B 4x600s
G 4x600s
Processed in PixInsight.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1566
2 credit
- 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 |