Wallpaper author:
Jim DeLillo
23 Mar 2021
NGC 3532 - One Click - Wishing Well Cluster
NGC 3532 (also called the Wishing Well Cluster) is about 300 million years old and contains about 400 stars. It is located in the constellation Carina. Famed astronomer John Herschel observed multiple binary stars within the cluster when he observed the open star cluster in the 1830s
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3532
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 166.4125 Dec -58.75
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................22 Mar 2021 - 22 Mar 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Red | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Green | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Blue | 300 | 10m | 2 |