Wallpaper author:
Marek Idec
30 Oct 2021
The Cosmic Reef
There is an emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud surrounding an open star cluster cataloged as NGC 2014. Together with another nearby nebula NGC 2020 (the blue one) surrounding a Wolf-Rayet star it's known as the Cosmic Reef. Multiple one-click observations were used to create this image.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2014
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 83.1 Dec -67.68333
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................15 Jul 2021 - 07 Oct 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 578 | 4h20m | 27 |
| OIII | 623 | 4h30m | 26 |
| SII | 600 | 4h20m | 26 |