Wallpaper author:
Mustafa Aydın
20 Dec 2022
NGC 3293 Open Star Cluster
NGC 3293 is an open cluster in the Carina constellation. It was discovered by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1751. It consists of more than 100 stars brighter than 14th magnitude in a 10 arc minute field, the brightest of which are blue supergiants of apparent magnitude 6.5 and 6.7. There is also a 7th magnitude pulsating red supergiant,
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3293
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 158.9542 Dec -58.2167
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................17 Mar 2021 - 12 Jun 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 600 | 4h50m | 29 |
| Halpha | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |
| OIII | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |