Wallpaper author:
Vasile Unguru
15 Dec 2020
NGC 1760
NGC 1760 is an emission nebula, or actually a complex ring of emission nebulae connected by glowing filaments over 1000 light-years across and located about 160,000 light-years away within the Large Magellanic Cloud, in the constellation of Dorado. It is one of the most active star formation regions in the nearby Universe. Images taken by Peter Jenkins.
Data obtained from PRO Data Set
4x600 sec Ha
4x600 sec OIII
4x600 sec SII
Integration was done with Astropixel Processor and further processed with PixInsight and Photoshop.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1760
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 74.08334 Dec -66.53694
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................12 Oct 2020 - 12 Oct 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| SII | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| OIII | 600 | 40m | 4 |