Wallpaper author:
Nicolas Rolland
15 Dec 2020
The Crescent-Shaped Nebula, NGC 3199
NGC 3199 is an emission nebula in the constellation Carina. It is commonly known as the Banana Nebula. The object was discovered in 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. It is a bow shock around the central star, WR 18, a Wolf–Rayet star.
This picture has been processed using:
- Pixinsight for Cosmetic Correction & align & RGB combination
- CCDStack for the integration
- Photoshop for the post processing
Based on the Pro Dataset
Image specs:
L: 6*600s
R: 4*600s
G: 4*600s
B: 4*600s
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3199
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 154.13333 Dec -57.91722
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................30 Apr 2020 - 01 May 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 720 | 1h | 5 |
| Red | 480 | 40m | 5 |
| Green | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| Blue | 600 | 40m | 4 |