Wallpaper author:
Michael Wheatley
05 Feb 2024
NGC 488 & neighbours
This stunning spiral galaxy in Pisces has tightly wound spiral arms, and is ~90mLy away. It has several neighbours in it's vicinity, but there are dozens of faint galaxies visible within our home Virgo Supercluster.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 488
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 20.445 Dec 5.2568
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................28 Jul 2023 - 26 Dec 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 300 | 1h25m | 17 |
| Green | 318 | 1h30m | 17 |
| Blue | 424 | 2h | 17 |
| Luminance | 394 | 1h45m | 16 |
| Halpha | 56 | 15m | 16 |