Wallpaper author:
James Fordice
16 Jun 2025
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
The LMC is the largest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Large Magellanic Cloud
8 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 80.8942 Dec -69.7561
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................02 Mar 2023 - 30 Sept 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 713 | 3h10m | 16 |
| Red | 563 | 2h30m | 16 |
| Green | 563 | 2h30m | 16 |
| Blue | 563 | 2h30m | 16 |
| Halpha | 600 | 2h30m | 15 |