Wallpaper author:
Dev Prana
25 Nov 2024
GUM37|Southern Tadpole (SHO)
Not far from the Carina Nebula and the Statue of Liberty Nebula lies the Southern Tadpole Nebula (GUM37). The small bright orange oval object (center top) in amongst the open star cluster NGC 3572 is called a Photo-evaporating globule, said to be a remnant of the molecular cloud from which the stars of the star cluster were formed. Full details on Astrobin:
https://www.astrobin.com/8ekt0c/
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3372 Mosaic
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- 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 |