Imaging telescopes or lenses: Faried 10"f4
Mounts: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 9x50 finder
Software: Photoshop · Pleiades Astrophoto, S.L. Pix Insight
Filters: Optolong LRGB SHO(6nm) 31mm
Dates:June 10, 2019
Frames: 105x180"
Integration: 5.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 7.67 days
Avg. Moon phase: 53.01%
Astrometry.net job: 2983733
RA center: 5h 38' 44"
DEC center: -69° 5' 11"
Pixel scale: 2.057 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 96.956 degrees
Field radius: 0.831 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1743
Locations: deepskysafaris.com Rooisand, Windhoek, Namibia
Data source: Traveller
At evening in June the LMC drops quickly to the southern horizon, actually grazing it after midnight. Despite its low position it stood out in Binoculars, and I hoped to get a decent shot using a moderate focal length.
This is with one of Farieds 8" f/4 actually, and I used Optolong LRGB and HO filters on ASI1600MPro. Narrowband helped a lot to bring out the nebula against the star masses, and the full extent of nebulae are best featured on the starless Bicolor version.
The strange Neon like tint is taken from the pure RGB and represents nearly the true colors. In many color photos the Tarantula shows up rather bluish than reddish, its just how it looks.
Description: Bicolor starless
Description: annotated version
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