This is a showpiece of the southern skies, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a member of the Local Group, and a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, one rich
This is a showpiece of the southern skies, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a member of the Local Group, and a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, one rich in star forming nebulas and clusters. The LMC is cross between a dwarf irregular galaxy and a barred spiral. The nebulas along its bar and arms show as regions of magenta and cyan, from hydrogen and oxygen emission. The bright cyan Tarantula Nebula, NGC 2070, is at left, with the NGC 2014/NGC 1935 area above it. The field is by 5º but still does not include all the parts of the LMC. This is a stack of 15 x 4-minute exposures with the Sharpstar 61mm EDPH III refractor at and the filter-modified (by ) Canon R at ISO 800, on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount autoguided with the MGEN3 autoguider. No filter was employed in the light path. Taken March 3, 2024 from the Mirrabook Cottage near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, on the first night of a successul two-week observing run down under.
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