Wallpaper author:
Nicolas Rolland
11 Dec 2020
NGC 3603, the Giant Nebula,
NGC 3603 is a nebula situated in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way around 20,000 light-years away from the Solar System. It is a massive HII region containing a very compact open cluster (probably a super star cluster) HD 97950.
This picture has been processed using:
- Pixinsight for Cosmetic Correction & align & SHO combination
- CCDStack for the integration
- Photoshop for the post processing
Based on the Pro Dataset
Image specs:
S: 4*600s
H: 3*600s
O: 4*600s
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3603
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 168.825 Dec -61.25722
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................18 May 2020 - 19 May 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| SII | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| OIII | 600 | 40m | 4 |