Wallpaper author:
Moreno Mantilli
25 Apr 2022
Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, and it is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm. The nebula is approximately 8,500 light-years from Earth.
Here is an image processed in SHO (Hubble Palette) using an entire observation bundle of 15 hours and 20 minutes.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3372
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 161.0792 Dec -59.88917
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................18 Feb 2020 - 27 May 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 18 | 12m | 40 |
| Halpha | 585 | 6h30m | 40 |
| Red | 293 | 3h15m | 40 |
| Green | 293 | 3h15m | 40 |
| Blue | 210 | 2h20m | 40 |