Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
15 Apr 2022
NGC 2903
NGC 2903 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, positioned about 1.5° due south of Lambda Leonis.
This field galaxy is located about 30 million light-years away from Earth, and is a member of the Virgo Supercluster. Just a little smaller than our own Milky Way, NGC 2903 is about 80,000 light-years across.
This image was acquired with CHI-1, data from 5 one-clicks
Total integration time 300 minutes
RGB 10 subs of 600s with each filter.
FOV 32' x 32' (0.68"/px)
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1672
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- 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 |