Wallpaper author:
James Fordice
16 Jun 2025
NGC 1851
NGC 1851 has the highest surface brightness of all the Milky Way Globular Clusters. It is a relatively large and massive GC. The cluster is in a highly eccentric orbit around the core of the Milky Way with an eccentricity of about 0.7. (An eccentricity of 0 is circular.)
Shapley Sawyer Classification: II
Distance: 39,470 LY
Type: Far Halo Globular
Position w.r.t. core of galaxy: Below the disc of the MY on the sun side of the core.
Any stars resolved: N/A
Undergoing Core Collapse: No
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1851
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 78.5282 Dec -40.04656
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................10 Jan 2022 - 21 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 3h30m | 21 |
| Red | 600 | 3h20m | 20 |
| Blue | 600 | 3h20m | 20 |
| Green | 600 | 3h20m | 20 |