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Large Magellanic Cloud in RGB, Konrad Krebs
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Large Magellanic Cloud in RGB

Large Magellanic Cloud in RGB, Konrad Krebs
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Large Magellanic Cloud in RGB

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The two magellanic clouds, for many people like me who live in the northern hemisphere, probably only ever a dream. Through my trip to new zealand, i had the pleasure of observing these two galaxies with the naked eye and there was also the opportunity to unpack the star aventurer! Really unbelievable what dark skies can do! Only a limited amount of time with my Askar 200mm f4 scope, but I tried to get as much out of it as I could.
The star shape is not perfect due to some difficulties in setting up the tracker in the southern hemisphere, this is another level then in the north, but I decided to not use something like BXT, since this would create really strange artifacts in the LMC itself. Also this sometimes introduces details, which are just not there.

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Large Magellanic Cloud in RGB, Konrad Krebs