Wallpaper author:
Judith Prana
19 Aug 2023
NGC3532 (Ha+LRGB)
This image was a real learning curve! Almost 115,000 stars in this frame, and I came up with my own RGB + L image and Stars, and then added Small amount of Ha to the mix! Commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster, Football Cluster, the Black Arrow Cluster and the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster some 405 parsecs from Earth in the constellation Carina.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3532
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 166.4171 Dec -58.7069
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 Jul 2023 - 11 Aug 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 120 | 24m | 12 |
| Red | 120 | 24m | 12 |
| Luminance | 120 | 24m | 12 |
| Halpha | 300 | 1h | 12 |
| Blue | 120 | 24m | 12 |