Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
01 Dec 2021
Grand design M83
Image of the colourful grand design Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83
Messier 83 (M83) is a bright barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation Hydra, at a distance of 15.21 million light years from Earth.
This LRGB-image was captured with CHI-1, data from 6 one click observations
Total exposure time: 480 minutes. LRGB 14:12:11:11 subs of 600s with each filter.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1672
8 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 71.4273 Dec -59.2474
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 Apr 2021 - 08 Apr 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 695 | 3h40m | 19 |
| Luminance | 568 | 3h | 19 |
| Red | 568 | 3h | 19 |
| Green | 567 | 2h50m | 18 |