Autore dello sfondo:
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 da cui è stata elaborata l'immagine
NGC 1851
9 credit
- Tipo di obiettivo............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Fotocamera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Coordinate dell'obiettivo............................................................................................................................RA 78.5282 Dec -40.04656
- Emisfero............................................................................................................................Southern
- Posizione del telescopio............................................................................................................................Chile
- Evento transitorio............................................................................................................................No
- Osservato il............................................................................................................................10 Jan 2022 - 21 Nov 2022
Filtro | Exp. media (s) | Esposizione totale | Sottoframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 3h30m | 21 |
| Red | 600 | 3h20m | 20 |
| Blue | 600 | 3h20m | 20 |
| Green | 600 | 3h20m | 20 |