NEBULA IN THE SMC - NGC 346 - Deep sky 2860mm RGBHOO - Constellation Tucana (Thomas ArtOfPix Großschmidt)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Tucana (Tuc) · Contains: HD5980 · HD6171 · IC 1611 · IC 1612 · NGC 346 · TYC9138-1677-1 · TYC9138-1684-1 · TYC9138-1721-1 · TYC9138-1727-1 · TYC9138-1735-1 · TYC9138-1742-1 · TYC9138-1768-1 · TYC9138-1825-1 · TYC9138-1836-1 · TYC9138-1840-1 · TYC9138-1891-1 · TYC9138-1908-1 · TYC9138-1909-1 · TYC9138-1916-1 · TYC9138-1930-1 · TYC9138-1933-1 · TYC9141-7553-1 · TYC9141-7566-1

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NEBULA IN THE SMC - NGC 346 - Deep sky 2860mm RGBHOO - Constellation Tucana

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NEBULA IN THE SMC - NGC 346 - Deep sky 2860mm RGBHOO - Constellation Tucana

NEBULA IN THE SMC
- NGC 346
- Deep sky 2860mm RGBHOO
- Constellation Tucana

This beautiful object is an emission nebula in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. The nebula is about 200,000 light-years from Earth and about 200 light-years across.
Depicting an area of intense star formation, NGC 346 contains more than 200 young stars, some with masses in excess of 10 solar masses. The nebula features diverse regions including bright star clusters, dark dust clouds, and extensive regions of ionized gas. The brightest stars in NGC 346 are known as OB Association, meaning they are massive, hot stars closely associated with the gas and dust cloud. It is surrounded by a thin, dusty layer that protects it from interstellar rays. NGC 346 is also known for its remarkable variety of colors and structures. There are areas of bright pink, indicating the presence of hydrogen gas, and bluish and greenish areas, due to ionized oxygen and sulfur gas.
It was first discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.

Telescope: 12.5" f/9 Quasar Ritchey Chretien (Insight Observatory, Rio Hurtado Valley in Chile)
Camera: SBIG STL11000, Astrodon filter set
Lights: 20xRed/19xGreen/18xBlue per 600s / 31xhAlpha/32xOIII per 600s / Bin 1x1
Acquired imageset, taken by Insight Telescope, Imageedit - Thomas ArtOfPix Großschmidt

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RA (center)	00h59m36s.269
RA (top/left)	00h56m29s.372
RA (top/right)	00h56m37s.490
RA (bottom/right)	01h02m50s.575
RA (bottom/left)	01h02m28s.434

Dec (center)	-72°15′29″.88
Dec (top/left)	-71°54′46″.96
Dec (top/right)	-72°36′47″.72
Dec (bottom/right)	-72°36′01″.79
Dec (bottom/left)	-71°54′01″.21

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