NGC 2029 - an emission nebula in Dorado, part of the LMC (Niall MacNeill)

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NGC 2029 - an emission nebula in Dorado, part of the LMC

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NGC 2029 - an emission nebula in Dorado, part of the LMC

This is an LRGB image of NGC 2029 (also known as ESO 56-EN156 or the Dragon's Head Nebula), which is an emission nebula in the Dorado constellation and is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It is part of a complex of nebulae and stars, including NGC 2032, NGC 2035 and NGC 2040 and can be seen at middle right in the image. It was discovered by James Dunlop on the 27 September 1826.
The LMC, our galactic neighbour is replete with these vast areas of nebulosity. The complexity of this area is breathtaking with the beautiful combination of emission and reflection nebulae dramatically set against the myriad of stars that populate our galactic neighbour. At lower left NGC 2004 is an open cluster of stars which was again discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. This is a young, massive cluster with an age of only about 20 million years and 23,000 times the mass of the Sun., it is about 20 l.y. across. At upper left the blue ring shaped nebula is NGC 2020, is described as a HII Region surrounding the Wolf-Rayet star BAT99-59, although its colour belies that and next to it is a large Ha emission nebula NGC 2014.
I also have nice NB data which I will process in due course.
My thanks to Rodney Watters for his kind review of my image and the very helpful input that resulted.

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RA (center)	05h34m04s.841
RA (top/left)	05h30m18s.674
RA (top/right)	05h38m04s.566
RA (bottom/right)	05h37m43s.879
RA (bottom/left)	05h30m11s.779

Dec (center)	-67°30′17″.20
Dec (top/left)	-67°52′44″.30
Dec (top/right)	-67°51′22″.31
Dec (bottom/right)	-67°07′31″.46
Dec (bottom/left)	-67°08′50″.15

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