Wallpaper author:
Michelle Ashford
29 Dec 2021
NGC 2014 & NGC 2032
Nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 163,000 ly from Earth.
NGC 2032 (upper left), also referred to as the Seagull or Dragon's Head Nebula, also includes NGC 2035 and NGC 2029. The small blue nebula, to the left of NGC 2014, is NGC 2020, associated with a Wolf-Rayet star.
This is a composite of two separate targets and overall 16 separate datasets.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2014
9 credit
- 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 |