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NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula in OHS, Luke Shepherd
NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula in OHS
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NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula in OHS, Luke Shepherd
NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula in OHS
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In the Large Magellanic Cloud located towards the South is the third closest galaxy to our Milkyway and within this galaxy is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky it is NGC2070 also known as The Tarantula Nebula. 

This nebula is a emission nebula full of hydrogen (H-a), oxygen (Oiii) and sulfur (Sii) which I have mapped H-a to Blue, Oxygen to Red and Sii to Green. 

35x 300s H-a
31x 300s Sii
19x 300s Oiii 

Total 7hrs 5mins 

Equipment
Mount: Hypertuned NEQ6 
Telescope: Skywatcher 10" F4 Quattro Newtonian
Coma Corrector: TS-WYNNE 68 
Camera: QHY268M @ Gain 20 Offset 60
Filters: ZWO 36mm Sii Ha Oiii filters

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NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula in OHS, Luke Shepherd

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