Wallpaper author:
Andreas Eleftheriou
26 Apr 2021
ANTENNAE GALAXIES
The Antennae Galaxies (also known as NGC 4038/NGC 4039 or Caldwell 60/Caldwell 61) are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus. They are currently going through a starburst phase, in which the collision of clouds of gas and dust, with entangled magnetic fields, causes rapid star formation. They were discovered by William Herschel in 1785.
OBSERVATION DETAILS
Observed on
24 Apr 2021
Observatory
El Sauce Observatory
Telescope
CHI-1
Object type
Galaxy in Pair of Galaxies
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 4038
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 180.4708 Dec -18.8676
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................03 Jan 2020 - 30 Jul 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 326 | 3h10m | 35 |
| Red | 247 | 2h20m | 34 |
| Green | 291 | 2h45m | 34 |
| Blue | 274 | 2h35m | 34 |