Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  30 Dor Cluster  ·  NGC 1787  ·  NGC 1901  ·  NGC 1945  ·  NGC 2052  ·  NGC 2070  ·  Tarantula Nebula  ·  The star β Men  ·  The star δ Dor  ·  The star ε Dor  ·  The star θ Dor  ·  The star λ Men  ·  The star μ Men
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LMC with Polarie, D800 at 180mm, Andrew Lockwood
LMC with Polarie, D800 at 180mm
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LMC with Polarie, D800 at 180mm

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LMC with Polarie, D800 at 180mm, Andrew Lockwood
LMC with Polarie, D800 at 180mm
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LMC with Polarie, D800 at 180mm

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The Large Magellenic Cloud is about 180,000 light years away in the constellation Dorado. A satellite galaxy of our own, it contains about 100 billion stars and will eventually be integrated into the milky way.

First version was too green, this version is a bit lurid. I'll have to get some more data so there's more space to play with the colour balance.

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LMC with Polarie, D800 at 180mm, Andrew Lockwood