Wallpaper author:
John Ebersole
27 Aug 2024
NGC6559
A sinuous dark nebula flows through the starless emission nebulosity in NGC6559 of Sagittarius, captured in an HaRGB palette.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6559
13 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 272.3958 Dec -24.0081
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................29 Apr 2022 - 14 Aug 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 622 | 4h40m | 27 |
| Blue | 578 | 4h20m | 27 |
| Green | 578 | 4h20m | 27 |
| Red | 622 | 4h40m | 27 |