Wallpaper author:
Mike Paling
28 Nov 2024
R Aquarii
R Aquarii is a symbiotic star believed to contain a white dwarf and a Mira-type variable in a binary system. The orbital period is approximately 44 years. The main Mira-type star is a red giant and varies in brightness by a factor of several hundred and with a period of slightly more than a year.
Dataset from which the image was processed
R Aquarii
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Wolf-Rayet Star
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 355.9561 Dec -15.2845
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 May 2023 - 05 Dec 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 25 | 10m | 24 |
| Red | 105 | 42m | 24 |
| Green | 128 | 51m | 24 |
| Blue | 135 | 54m | 24 |
| Halpha | 763 | 5h5m | 24 |