Wallpaper author:
Dan Thompson
19 Jul 2023
IC4592
Every time I shoot a widefield image of the Milky Way, IC4592 (the blue horse head nebula) always stands out to me among its peers in the Scorpius constellation. I decided to download the data of it to have a closer look. Such a beautiful object!
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 4592
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 243.25 Dec -19.3
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 Apr 2023 - 19 Jun 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 228 | 1h39m | 26 |
| Red | 159 | 1h9m | 26 |
| Green | 166 | 1h9m | 25 |
| Blue | 166 | 1h9m | 25 |