Wallpaper author:
Basudeb Chakrabarti
30 Apr 2022
Skull in the Space
The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6888
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 303.0292 Dec 38.35
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................28 May 2020 - 10 Jun 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 2530 | 16h10m | 23 |
| Luminance | 8 | 3m | 23 |
| Red | 8 | 3m | 23 |
| Green | 8 | 3m | 22 |
| Blue | 8 | 3m | 22 |