Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Tucana (Tuc)  ·  Contains:  NGC 292  ·  NGC 330  ·  NGC 346  ·  NGC 371  ·  NGC 419  ·  Small Magellanic Cloud
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Small Magellanic Cloud - 9/8/22, Ed Dixon
Small Magellanic Cloud - 9/8/22
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Small Magellanic Cloud - 9/8/22

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Small Magellanic Cloud - 9/8/22, Ed Dixon
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Small Magellanic Cloud - 9/8/22

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FIrst cut at an image of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way.  At a distance of about 200,000 light-years, the SMC is among the nearest intergalactic neighbors of the Milky Way.  The data is from 24 three minute exposures: 6 each for LRGB.  Captured on 9/8/22 via staff at the iTelescope observatory in Rio Hurtado Valley in Chile using a Epsilon 180ED reflector and a ASI-2600MM Pro camera.  Data stacked and processed with Pixinsight, Windows, and Apple edit.  

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Small Magellanic Cloud - 9/8/22, Ed Dixon