Wallpaper author:
Philip Yates
26 Mar 2022
NGC 2170
NGC 2170 is a dusty reflection nebula and stellar nursery that formed about 8 million years ago, located at the edge of the giant star-forming molecular cloud Monoceros R2, some 2,700 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2170
3 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 92.07083 Dec -6.43333
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................24 Mar 2022 - 26 Mar 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 1h | 6 |
| Red | 600 | 1h | 6 |
| Green | 600 | 1h | 6 |
| Blue | 600 | 1h | 6 |