Wallpaper author:
Pedro Sánchez
13 Jun 2025
SMC
SMC speculates that the Small Magellanic Cloud was once a barred spiral galaxy, which was distorted by the Milky Way. It still retains a central bar-shaped structure.
This narrowband image helps highlight the large number of nebulae and clusters it contains.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Small Magellanic Cloud
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 13.62629 Dec -72.6676
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................15 Jun 2023 - 26 Jul 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 318 | 3h | 34 |
| Luminance | 362 | 3h25m | 34 |
| Red | 274 | 2h35m | 34 |
| Green | 245 | 2h15m | 33 |
| Blue | 300 | 2h45m | 33 |