Wallpaper author:
Aso Makhoulian
07 Feb 2021
The Helix Nebula
The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, probably before 1824, this object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae. The dataset contains only three 10-min narrowband images, observed with our huge 1-m telescope. Images taken by Peter Jenkins.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 7293
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Planetary Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 337.40833 Dec -20.83694
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................17 Aug 2020 - 18 Aug 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 600 | 10m | 1 |
| Halpha | 600 | 10m | 1 |
| OIII | 600 | 10m | 1 |