Wallpaper author:
Peter Jenkins
01 Mar 2020
NGC3603 (left) and NGC3576 (right)
These nebulae are in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way around 20,000 light-years away from earth. 5 x 300 sec exposures each through Ha, OIII and SII filters
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3576
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 168.2625 Dec -61.22306
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 Dec 2021 - 25 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 700 | 1h10m | 6 |
| SII | 500 | 50m | 6 |
| OIII | 600 | 1h | 6 |