Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1955  ·  NGC 1968  ·  NGC 1974  ·  NGC 2004  ·  NGC 2014  ·  NGC 2020  ·  NGC 2030  ·  NGC 2032  ·  NGC 2035
Nebulae along the Southern Rim of LMC-4, @HalH75
Nebulae along the Southern Rim of LMC-4
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Nebulae along the Southern Rim of LMC-4

Nebulae along the Southern Rim of LMC-4, @HalH75
Nebulae along the Southern Rim of LMC-4
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Nebulae along the Southern Rim of LMC-4

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Several striking nebulae mark the southern rim of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s supergiant shell LMC-4, shown here processed in the Hubble Color Palette using CCDStack2 and Photoshop CC 2019. Spanning nearly 2900 lys in width, this 60.4 x 48.3-arcmin square field features the frothy brownish (Ha, SII) superbubble NGC 2014 blown by massive stars at the lower left, which gives way to colorful wisps of blue nebulosity (OIII) and distinct shock fronts diagonally above. To the immediate left of the bottom of NGC 2014 lies the blue  Wolf-Rayet stellar bubble, NGC 2020; the bluish-white star-forming complex comprising NGC 2032, 2035 and 2040 appears along the left edge of the frame. The right side of the image captures the “sextant,” dominated by the large circular-shaped nebula NGC 1955 on the far right. Its brown rim and turbulent blue interior set it apart from NGC 1968 and 1974 to the left of the prominent dark divide. NGC 2004, a compact open cluster, appears at the top right of the frame. Naturally-colored stars were produced by blending a short exposure RGB image into the scene. North is up, and East is to the left.

Telescope: 0.5-m Newtonian, f/3.8; Camera: Unbinned FLI ProLine 16803

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Nebulae along the Southern Rim of LMC-4, @HalH75