Wallpaper author:
Alessandro Motta
13 Nov 2024
🌌 The Antennae Galaxies – A Cosmic Collision 🌌
Tonight’s image showcases the dramatic beauty of the Antennae Galaxies, a pair of interacting galaxies located in the constellation Corvus. This galactic collision has created incredible tidal tails, earning these galaxies their distinctive name.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 4039
6 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 180.4742 Dec -18.885
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Apr 2023 - 17 Jul 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 375 | 2h5m | 20 |
| Green | 330 | 1h50m | 20 |
| Red | 300 | 1h40m | 20 |
| Luminance | 330 | 1h50m | 20 |
| Halpha | 158 | 50m | 19 |