Wallpaper author:
Alistair Scobie
09 Dec 2024
NGC7497
The beauty of this image is the juxtaposition of the galaxy NGC7497 with the dust lanes that appear to pass through it.
There are a number of other smaller galaxies in this image such as PGC70552 and PGC3090432. I haven't been able to identify the complex spiral galaxy in the lower right.
31 x 300sec sub-frames each of LRGB at f/6.5
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 7497
8 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 347.2461 Dec 18.1956
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 Jul 2023 - 17 Jul 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 291 | 2h40m | 33 |
| Red | 291 | 2h40m | 33 |
| Green | 318 | 2h55m | 33 |
| Blue | 300 | 2h40m | 32 |