Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
20 Feb 2022
LMC N44
LMC N44 is an emission nebula with superbubble structure located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way in the constellation Dorado. It is approximately 1,000 light-years wide and 160,000-170,000 light-years distant.
(NGC 1929 is an open cluster associated with N44)
Image was acquired with CHI-1 (Planewave CDK24). Data from 6 one click observations
Total integration time: 360 minutes
SHO 12 subs of 600s with each narrowband filter.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1929
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 80.55542 Dec -67.95306
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................17 Dec 2021 - 02 Dec 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |
| OIII | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |
| SII | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |