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Large Magellanic Cloud, Ed Dixon
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Large Magellanic Cloud

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Large Magellanic Cloud, Ed Dixon
Large Magellanic Cloud
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Large Magellanic Cloud

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First cut at an image of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of the closest galaxies at about 160,000 light years away.  The data is from 18 one minute exposures: 6 each for RGB.  Captured on 11/3/22 via staff at the iTelescope observatory in the Rio Hurtado Valley in Chile using a Samyang 135 mm @F3.5 lens and a ZWO ASI1600MM Camera.  Data stacked and processed with Pixinsight, Windows, and Apple edit.  

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Large Magellanic Cloud, Ed Dixon