"Grand Hexagon" of the SMC in Ha (Alexandr Zaytsev)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Tucana (Tuc) · Contains: NGC 248 · NGC 249 · NGC 256 · NGC 261 · NGC 265 · NGC 267 · NGC 269 · NGC 290 · NGC 292 · NGC 294 · Small Magellanic Cloud

"Grand Hexagon" of the SMC in Ha

Revision title: Version of the image with partial star suppression applied

Link: https://coalsack.online/chilescope/SMC_2022Q4/NGC292_9x600s_Ha_a4_at.jpg

"Grand Hexagon" of the SMC in Ha

Revision title: Version of the image with partial star suppression applied

Link: https://coalsack.online/chilescope/SMC_2022Q4/NGC292_9x600s_Ha_a4_at.jpg

1h 30min of integral Ha exposure of the central region of the SMC captured remotely using Telescope #3 (ASA-N D = 0.5m f/3.8, FLI ProLine 16803) system of ChileScope observatory on Oct 31, 2022.

A wider angle view for the SMC in Ha featuring this structure was also obtained with T4 instrument of Chilescope [1]:

[1] https://www.astrobin.com/cm8cc2/

The hexagon structure is particularly well visible in the continuum subtracted Ha version of that wide angle image available under [2]:

[2] https://www.astrobin.com/cm8cc2/B/

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Title: Subframe of the SMC image Chilescope T4 (Ha with continuum subtraction) showing the wide angle view of the same structure

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Title: Version of the image with partial star suppression applied

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RA (center)	00h51m25s.687
RA (top/left)	00h58m52s.990
RA (top/right)	00h58m34s.880
RA (bottom/right)	00h44m24s.881
RA (bottom/left)	00h43m49s.804

Dec (center)	-73°00′18″.74
Dec (top/left)	-73°32′06″.81
Dec (top/right)	-72°28′06″.64
Dec (bottom/right)	-72°27′32″.30
Dec (bottom/left)	-73°31′28″.55

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