Wallpaper author:
James Hawks
15 Dec 2022
Antennae Galaxies
NGC 4038/4039 (Antennae Galaxies)are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus approximately 45 Mly/65 Mly away. Currently the galaxies are going through a starburst period, in which the collision of clouds of dust and gas, with entangled magnetic fields, causes rapid star formation.
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 |