Autore dello sfondo:
Bernard Miller
04 Sept 2021
The Blue Horsehead Nebula
This is an image of the Blue Horsehead Nebula, also known as IC 4592. It is a reflection nebula about 400 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula is reflecting light form the bright star at the eye of the horse. There is also another smaller reflection nebula designated IC 4601 surrounding the two bright stars near the center right of the image.
Dataset da cui è stata elaborata l'immagine
IC 4592
15 credit
- Tipo di obiettivo............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Fotocamera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Coordinate dell'obiettivo............................................................................................................................RA 243.25 Dec -19.3
- Emisfero............................................................................................................................Southern
- Posizione del telescopio............................................................................................................................Australia
- Evento transitorio............................................................................................................................No
- Osservato il............................................................................................................................17 Apr 2020 - 22 Aug 2022
Filtro | Exp. media (s) | Esposizione totale | Sottoframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 327 | 5h27m | 60 |
| Red | 195 | 3h15m | 60 |
| Green | 214 | 3h30m | 59 |
| Blue | 488 | 8h | 59 |