Wallpaper author:
Simon Bakewell
16 Sept 2023
RHO OPHIUCHI
The Rho Ophiuchi cloud covers a sky area of 4.5° × 6.5°. It consists of two large regions of dense gas and dust. The first region includes the star-forming region L1688 and the two filaments L1709 and L1755. The second region consists of star-forming region L1689 and filaments L1712-L1729
Dataset from which the image was processed
Rho Ophiuchi
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 246.39629 Dec -23.4472
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................27 Jun 2020 - 15 Sept 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 278 | 2h5m | 27 |
| Red | 278 | 2h5m | 27 |
| Green | 346 | 2h30m | 26 |