Wallpaper author:
Pranay Kanwar
13 Aug 2023
The Great Carina Nebula
The Eta Carinae Nebula, a.k.a NG 3372 or The Great Carina Nebula, a diffuse emission nebula in Carina ~8000 light-years away and ~230 light-years across. It is one of the largest nebulas in the skies, even larger and brighter than the Great Orion Nebula.
False color image from narrowband filters SII, H-alpha, and OIII 12h 20m (50:49:49x300s) from AUS-2 Takahashi FSQ-106ED (106 mm) F3.6 telescope with QHY 600M Pro camera and Astrodon 3nm SHO filters, situated in Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia. Part of the telescope.live network. Taken on multiple dates Feb-March 2023.
Processed in PixInsight.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3372
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 161.2593 Dec -59.6999
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................10 Nov 2023 - 15 Dec 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 104 | 45m | 26 |
| Red | 92 | 40m | 26 |
| Green | 92 | 40m | 26 |
| Blue | 92 | 40m | 26 |
| Halpha | 1119 | 8h5m | 26 |