Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
06 Jul 2022
47 Tucanae (NGC 104)
This is an image of 47 Tucanae, also known as NGC 104. It is a globular cluster about 13,000 light years away in the constellation Tucana. It is the second brightest globula cluster in the galaxy behind only Omega Centauri. It contains millions of stars in a sphere about 120 light years in diameter.
Dataset from which the image was processed
47 Tucanae
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- 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 |