Wallpaper author:
David Tonucci
27 Dec 2025
Dark Wolf SL-17
A southern Hemisphere target. Located in the constellation of Scorpius and 6,230 light years from Earth. It is part of a larger nebula, a star-forming region of our Milky Way dominated by hydrogen emissions. This part of the nebula is nicknamed "Fenrir" or "Dark Wolf" due to its striking resemblance to a wolf's head.
Dataset from which the image was processed
SL-17
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