Wallpaper author:
Bernd Doerfeldt
30 Jun 2021
NGC3370, Eta Carina Nebula Center SHO
the Nebula is a great HII-region in a distance of nearly 8200 ly from Earth. It contains separate objects with extra catalog names. The french astronomer N.L. de Lacaille discovered thr nebula in 1751 from South Africa.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3372
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 161.07916 Dec -59.88917
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................05 Mar 2020 - 05 Mar 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 30m | 3 |
| SII | 600 | 30m | 3 |
| OIII | 600 | 30m | 3 |