Wallpaper author:
John Ebersole
27 May 2023
RCW98
West of the Dragons of Ara, in Norma is the small but bright emission nebula , RCW98, aka the Coffe Bean nebula. It is depicted here in an HST palette.
Dataset from which the image was processed
RCW 98
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 238.9 Dec -54.6389
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 May 2023 - 30 May 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 314 | 1h50m | 21 |
| SII | 300 | 1h45m | 21 |
| OIII | 286 | 1h40m | 21 |