Wallpaper author:
Michelle Ashford
19 Oct 2021
NGC 104
NGC 104, also known as 47 Tucanae, is globular cluster in the constellation of Tucana. Estimates have the distance from Earth between 13,000 & 16,000 ly, and a diameter of 120 ly.
Dataset from which the image was processed
47 Tucanae
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 6.0223 Dec -72.0814
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................08 Sept 2019 - 23 Dec 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 86 | 1h10m | 49 |
| Luminance | 55 | 45m | 49 |
| Red | 72 | 59m | 49 |
| Green | 84 | 1h9m | 49 |
| Halpha | 12 | 10m | 49 |