Wallpaper author:
Pranay Kanwar
06 Jul 2022
NGC 2170 a.k.a Angel Nebula
NGC 2170 a.k.a Angel Nebula. NGC 2170 is the one in the center surrounded by a reflection, emission (the reddish region), and several dark regions behind colorful stars. This whole region is called Monoceros R2 Region ~2400 ly away, a chain of reflection nebulae illuminated by stars, several star-forming regions and a large-scale molecular cloud.
LRGB 4h (4x6x600s) from CHI-2 telescope, an ASA 500N with FLI PL 16803 camera and Astrodon filters, part of telescope.live network. Taken on 24-26 March 2022.
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Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2170
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- 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 |