Wallpaper author:
Pranay Kanwar
23 Jul 2023
NGC 5068
NGC 5068 is a face-on field barred galaxy of class SB(s)d in Virgo ~17 million light years away.
LRGB 6h 45m (20:20:20:21x600s) from CHI-1 a Planewave CDK24 with QHY600M camera, and Astrodon 2nd GEN LRGB filters, situated in the Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile. Part of the telescope.live telescope network. Taken on multiple dates April 2023.
Processed in PixInsight.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 5068
6 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 199.7284 Dec -21.0391
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................31 Mar 2023 - 26 Apr 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 288 | 2h | 25 |
| Red | 300 | 2h | 24 |
| Green | 300 | 2h | 24 |
| Blue | 313 | 2h5m | 24 |