Wallpaper author:
Michelle Ashford
07 Dec 2023
RCW 53C, a fire breathing dragon!
A rarely imaged nebula found on the Eastern outskirts of the Carina Nebula. Quite surprised in the amount of detail that it was possible to tease out of the image. It just looks like a fire dragon to me!
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3372 Mosaic
7 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 161.4895 Dec -59.7331
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................01 Jul 2023 - 27 Jul 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OIII | 271 | 3h5m | 41 |
| SII | 307 | 3h30m | 41 |
| Halpha | 322 | 3h40m | 41 |