NGC 2070 - The Tarantula Nebula (David Arseneau)

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NGC 2070 - The Tarantula Nebula

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NGC 2070 - The Tarantula Nebula

This was one of the first objects I tried to image when I started out in astroimaging, and the seasons have turned again so that it's one of the only large nebula targets in the NZ southern sky (at least the first part of the night), so I've been able to spend a bit of time on it with my better equipment. I spent several nights capturing 5 minute exposures with my f/7 scope, but found that the frames just weren't cutting it. Then I had a string of 4 nights with great seeing and captured 4 hours of 10 minute subs for each filter...I need to figure out how to be OK going to sleep with all of my expensive equipment outside to get more integration time.

I struggled a bit with the SHO palette on this one since the Oiii signal is so strong and overlaps much of the Ha signal, creating a predominantly cyan/blue field when combined. Still not 100% happy but it's time to put the PixInsight pencils down and submit my image for approval.

The Tarantula Nebula is located about 160,000 LY away from Earth, on the leading edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud which is a satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. It is both one of the largest H II regions and largest starburst regions in the Local Group of galaxies, and is one of the most luminous non-stellar objects we know of. If the Tarantula Nebula was as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula M 42, it would cast visible shadows!

I hope you enjoy!

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RA (center)	05h38m35s.783
RA (top/left)	05h42m52s.693
RA (top/right)	05h33m38s.467
RA (bottom/right)	05h34m08s.580
RA (bottom/left)	05h43m43s.885

Dec (center)	-69°06′08″.66
Dec (top/left)	-68°38′57″.78
Dec (top/right)	-68°42′29″.50
Dec (bottom/right)	-69°32′54″.75
Dec (bottom/left)	-69°29′15″.28

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