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NGC 2029, vikas chander
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One can see a lot of deep sky objects in this frame which captures just a small part of the Large Magellanic cloud. NGC 2029 or the Dragons head nebula lies in the Dorado constellation and is part of a complex of nebulae and stars including NGC 2032, NGC 2035 and NGC 2040. Discovered in 1826, it has an apparent magnitude of 12.29 and a size of 2.25arc minutes, imaged here in Ha and Oiii wavelengths.


Ha = 20x600s = 3h20m
Oiii = 19x600s = 3h10m
Total integration = 6h30m

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NGC 2029, vikas chander