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Gerhard Bachmayer | all galleries >> AstroPhotos >> Astrophotos 2008-2024 > The Tarantula nebula and neighbours in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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JULY-2019

The Tarantula nebula and neighbours in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Tivoli/Namibia

The Tarantula nebula in the upper center part of this image is an extremely bright and large emisson nebula, excited by the energetic star cluster NGC 2070. It is located in the south eastern part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the largest satellite galaxy of our Milky Way in a distance of about 160000 light years.

Telescope: ASA 12N-OK3 f3,6
Mount: ASA DDM 85
Camera: FLI ML16200
Filter-wheel: FLI CFW 3-12
Filter: Astrodon Ha,OIII,R,G,B
Exposure: Ha:6x600sec, OIII:6x600sec, R:4x300sec, G:4x300sec, B:4x300sec
Programs: Maxim DL 5.0, CCDStack 2.94, PixInsight SE 1.8 full exif

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