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Contains:  NGC 1966, NGC 2018, NGC 2048, NGC 2070, NGC 2077, Tarantula nebula, The star βMen, The star θDor

Image of the day 11/21/2017

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    Large Magellanic Cloud, tommy_nawratil
    Large Magellanic Cloud
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    Large Magellanic Cloud

    Technical card

    Imaging telescope or lens:Canon 300mm f/4.0 L

    Imaging camera:Canon Eos6da

    Mount:iOptron 3200

    Guiding telescope or lens:Skywatcher 9x50 finder

    Guiding camera:Lacerta MGEN

    Software:Photoshop ,  Pleiades Astrophoto, S.L. Pix Insight

    Dates:Aug. 23, 2017

    Frames: 62x120"

    Integration: 2.1 hours

    Avg. Moon age: 1.83 days

    Avg. Moon phase: 3.76%

    Basic astrometry details

    Astrometry.net job: 1821561

    RA center: 5h 24' 18"

    DEC center: -69° 46' 58"

    Pixel scale: 6.898 arcsec/pixel

    Orientation: 114.263 degrees

    Field radius: 4.216 degrees

    Resolution: 3660x2442

    Locations: Hakos Guest Farm, 100km past Windhoek, Namibia

    Data source: Traveller

    Description

    The LMC taken with Canon 300L f/4 open and Eos6d at Iso1250.

    Comments

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    tommy_nawratil
    tommy_nawratil
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