Wallpaper author:
Bogdan Borz
01 Oct 2022
The Dragon's Egg
NGC 6165 and NGC 6164 are the two lobes of this emission nebula situated in the Norma constellation, around a type O star. It is an ejecta, not a planetary nebula according the Simbad database. It is represented in the Hubble palette.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6164
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 248.4683 Dec -48.11124
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................28 Jul 2021 - 17 Apr 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 600 | 8h20m | 50 |
| Halpha | 600 | 8h20m | 50 |
| OIII | 600 | 8h20m | 50 |