Wallpaper author:
Jonathan Lodge
28 Dec 2021
Cosmic Reef NGC 2014 and NGC 2020
The large nebula NGC 2014 and its smaller blue neighbour NGC 2020 are part of a vast star-forming region in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud which is a satellite galaxy of our own galaxy the Milky Way.
NGC 2014 is also known as the 'Cosmic Reef' due to it's resemblance to a terrestrial undersea world. NGC 2020 has been shaped by a young, massive Wolf-Rayet star.
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 |