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Large Magellanic Cloud (RF135 Ra).jpg
This is a showpiece of the southern skies, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way and one rich in star forming nebulas and clusters.
The bright cyan Tarantula Nebula, NGC 2070, is at left, with the NGC 2014/NGC 1935 area above it. The NGC 1763 complex is at upper right.
Though short in accumulated exposure time this night, this still shows some of the faint outlying glow of outer spiral arms, and some interstellar or intergalactic dust or gas clouds at lower right.
The field is 15º by 10º.
This is a stack of just 9 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the Canon Ra at ISO800, tracked but not guided on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount. The lens was equipped with an 82mm URTH Night broadband filter.
Taken March 14, 2024 from the Warrumbugles Mountain Motel near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. Incoming clouds prevented more exposures, and some light cloud on the last frame added the slight natural star glows.
The bright cyan Tarantula Nebula, NGC 2070, is at left, with the NGC 2014/NGC 1935 area above it. The NGC 1763 complex is at upper right.
Though short in accumulated exposure time this night, this still shows some of the faint outlying glow of outer spiral arms, and some interstellar or intergalactic dust or gas clouds at lower right.
The field is 15º by 10º.
This is a stack of just 9 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the Canon Ra at ISO800, tracked but not guided on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount. The lens was equipped with an 82mm URTH Night broadband filter.
Taken March 14, 2024 from the Warrumbugles Mountain Motel near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. Incoming clouds prevented more exposures, and some light cloud on the last frame added the slight natural star glows.
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