Wallpaper author:
Thomas Peter
14 Sept 2022
NGC 3199 SHO
NGC 3199, also known as the Banana Nebula, is located in the constellation Carina. It's distance from Earth is around 12,000 light-years and the nebula is about 75 light-years across. Near the center of the nebula is a Wolf-Rayet star, WR 18, who's intense stellar wind is responsible for illuminating the nebula and the extremely bright right edge of denser gas.
Hope ya like it!
Tom
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3199
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 154.1367 Dec -57.9339
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................27 Apr 2022 - 09 Jun 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OIII | 600 | 4h50m | 29 |
| Halpha | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |
| SII | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |