Wallpaper author:
Walter Borghini
13 Jun 2025
FORNAX GALAXIES CLUSTER
Abell 1060 (center of image) is a galaxy belonging to the Hydra Cluster, a cluster of galaxies located about 190 million light-years from our planet. The cluster extends into space for about ten million light-years and appears to be characterized by an unusually high content of dark matter. Processing obtained with PixInsight, Graxpert, PaintShop Pro.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Abell 1060
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Group of Galaxies
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 159.15 Dec -27.5178
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................12 Jan 2021 - 08 Jan 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 457 | 2h40m | 21 |
| Red | 450 | 2h30m | 20 |
| Green | 450 | 2h30m | 20 |
| Blue | 450 | 2h30m | 20 |