Wallpaper author:
Thomas Peter
31 Mar 2022
NGC 2170 CH-2 LRGB
NGC 2170 is a dusty blue reflection and red emission nebula with many dark absorption nebula in the constellation Monoceros. It's distance from Earth is approximately 2,400 light-years and it's age is thought to be between 6-10 million years.
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Tom
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 |