Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydrus (Hyi)  ·  Contains:  47 Tuc Cluster  ·  NGC 104  ·  NGC 1787  ·  NGC 292  ·  Part of the constellation Dorado (Dor)  ·  Part of the constellation Hydrus (Hyi)  ·  Small Magellanic Cloud  ·  The constellation Mensa (Men)  ·  The star βDor  ·  The star βHyi  ·  The star βRet  ·  The star γHyi  ·  The star δDor  ·  The star δHyi  ·  The star εHyi  ·  The star ζHyi  ·  The star η2Hyi  ·  The star νHyi

Image of the day 11/07/2020

    LMC and SMC, 



    
        

            Chan Yat Ping Carl
    LMC and SMC
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    Image of the day 11/07/2020

      LMC and SMC, 



    
        

            Chan Yat Ping Carl
      LMC and SMC
      Powered byPixInsight

      Acquisition details

      Dates:
      Aug. 2, 2018
      Frames:
      Integration:
      0″
      Avg. Moon age:
      19.93 days
      Avg. Moon phase:
      72.71%

      Basic astrometry details

      Astrometry.net job: 3967730

      RA center: 03h35m24s.7

      DEC center: -72°5858

      Pixel scale: 8.283 arcsec/pixel

      Orientation: 170.144 degrees

      Field radius: 17.260 degrees

      Resolution: 13043x7414

      File size: 20.1 MB

      Locations: Warrumbungles Mountain Motel, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia

      Data source: Traveller

      Description

      This is 4 x 5 mosaic image composed of 20 panels. As the photographic trip was not long enough, 2 telescopes were mounted on Takahashi EM11-2M together for time efficiency.

      Telescope:Takahashi FSQ-106 (530mm -> 320mm, F3 Super reducer used )

      and FS60CB (355mm ->255mm, 0.72X reducer used)

      Equatorial mount:Takahashi EM11 Temma 2M

      Camera:SBIG STL11002M (for FSQ-106), Astro 6D (for FS60CB)

      Guiding:OAG with QHY5L-II

      Exposure:Mosaic of 4 X 5 Panels,



      For each panel

      FSQ106 - L: 600s x 3, RGB: 600x1, Ha: 1800x1

      FS60CB - color: 300s x 12, Oiii: 1800 x 1

      Processing:Photoshop CS6,PixInsight

      Photographer:Chan Yat Ping (Hog Kong, China)

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      LMC and SMC, 



    
        

            Chan Yat Ping Carl