Wallpaper author:
Sean Davis
04 Jun 2021
Antennae Galaxies
The antennae galaxies is a pair of interacting Starburst phase galaxies. This collision is causing rapid star formation. The name antennae comes from the 2 streamers of stars, dust, and gas expanding outwards to form a pair of antennae on the galaxy pair.
This was captured using only 2 sets of one click observations from the CHI-1 telescope.
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 |