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LMC N11, Jan Scheers
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N11 (also known as LMC N11, LHA 120-N 11) is the brightest emission nebula in the north-west part of the Large Magellanic Cloud in the Dorado constellation.
The N11 complex is the second largest H II region of the LMC, the largest being the Tarantula Nebula.
It covers an area approximately 6 arc minutes across. It has an elliptical shape and consists of a large bubble, generally clear interstellar area, surrounded by nine large nebulae.

This SHO-image was captured with the ASA500N telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
Total integration time: 120 minutes
4 subs of 600s with each filter (SHO).
Data Peter Jenkins, Telescope Live.

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel V4.2, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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LMC N11, Jan Scheers