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      Sharpless 301
      Wallpaper author:
      Dan Crowson

      02 Apr 2023

      Sharpless 301

      Sharpless 301 (Bran 6 and 7, Ced 93, Gum 5, LBN 1044, RCW 6 and others) is a HII region located approximately 18,917 light-years away in Canis Major.

      Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1

      RGB – 12x600s – 120 minutes each – binned 1x1

      480 minutes total exposure – 8 hours

      Imaged over ten nights in February, March, November and December, 2022 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.

      LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/52788365406/sizes/l/

      This data is from Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 2359

      18 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 109.625 Dec -13.2267
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        31 Oct 2019 - 20 Dec 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Green941h36m61
      Red1332h15m61
      Blue831h24m61
      Luminance1562h36m60
      Halpha89514h55m60

      Sharpless 301