Wallpaper author:
Mathieu Guinot
14 Jan 2022
NGC 2516 The Sprinter
The beautiful NGC 2516 (also known as Caldwell 96, the Sprinter, or the Southern Beehive) is a bright, mag 3.8, open cluster located about 1300 light-years away in the southern constellation Carina.
A little bit of IFN is visible thanks to the pristine Chile sky and ASA500 f/3.8 combo, with only 2x300s of Luminance!
FOV is about 1x1 degree and scale is 0.98"/pix.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2516
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 119.525 Dec -60.8
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Dec 2021 - 25 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Red | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Green | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Blue | 300 | 10m | 2 |