Autore dello sfondo:
Patrick Thompson
25 Apr 2026
Seagull Nebula
IC2177, the Seagull Nebula, in the SHO palette. It lies about 3500 ly from Earth in the constellation Monoceros and is huge--100 ly across. The Seagull is formed by hydrogen and oxygen gases ionized by young, hot stars spread throughout it. One estimate of star formation in the Seagull is 8-14 new stars per million years.
Dataset da cui è stata elaborata l'immagine
IC 2177
11 credit
- Tipo di obiettivo............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Fotocamera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Coordinate dell'obiettivo............................................................................................................................RA 106.50171 Dec -11.1535
- Emisfero............................................................................................................................Southern
- Posizione del telescopio............................................................................................................................Australia
- Evento transitorio............................................................................................................................No
- Osservato il............................................................................................................................31 Oct 2023 - 24 Jan 2025
Filtro | Exp. media (s) | Esposizione totale | Sottoframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 334 | 5h40m | 61 |
| SII | 300 | 5h5m | 61 |
| OIII | 265 | 4h25m | 60 |