Wallpaper author:
Nik Szymanek
05 Nov 2023
NGC 2261 Hubble's Variable Nebula
LRGB image. L: 98 x 600s, RGB: 4 x 600s per filter. One from the archives (thanks to Ernesto Guido for help with the dataset).
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2261
14 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 99.79171 Dec 8.75
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 Dec 2020 - 08 Apr 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 1109 | 13h15m | 43 |
| Blue | 56 | 40m | 43 |
| Green | 56 | 40m | 43 |
| Red | 57 | 40m | 42 |