Wallpaper author:
Philip Yates
21 Mar 2022
SH2-308 - The Dolphin Head Nebula - AUS 2
Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge.It lies some 5,000 light-years away toward the constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major)
Dataset from which the image was processed
Sh 2-308
14 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 103.5544 Dec -23.9283
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................28 Aug 2020 - 08 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OIII | 657 | 9h40m | 53 |
| Halpha | 634 | 9h20m | 53 |
| SII | 255 | 3h45m | 53 |