Wallpaper author:
yoshiharu yamashita
24 Aug 2021
The Red Spider Nebula
The Red Spider Nebula (also catalogued as NGC 6537) is a planetary nebula located near the heart of the Milky Way, in the northwest of the constellation Sagittarius. The nebula has a prominent two-lobed shape, possibly due to a binary companion or magnetic fields and has an ‘S’-shaped symmetry of the lobes – the lobes opposite each other appear similar.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6537
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Planetary Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 271.3046 Dec -19.843
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................22 Mar 2021 - 13 Aug 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 579 | 4h40m | 29 |
| OIII | 579 | 4h40m | 29 |
| SII | 643 | 5h | 28 |