NGC 2014 Cosmic Reef (Oliver White)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Dorado (Dor) · Contains: HD269689 · HD269698 · HD269702 · HD269713 · HD269714 · HD269717 · HD269723 · HD269724 · HD269726 · HD269733 · HD269808 · HD269810 · HD269827 · HD269835 · HD269841 · HD269845 · HD269847 · HD269861 · HD269871 · HD269900 · NGC 2011 · NGC 2014 · NGC 2020 · NGC 2021 · NGC 2030 · NGC 2032 · NGC 2035 · NGC 2040 · NGC 2053

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NGC 2014 Cosmic Reef

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NGC 2014 Cosmic Reef

There is a lot of interesting nebulosity and star clusters in this region of the LMC, including the golden bubble-like structures on the left, which is NGC 2014, nicknamed the Cosmic Reef. For some reason AstroBin's platesolving missed that label. That structure is generated by massive stars that heat the surrounding gas.
NGC 2020 is made up of gas ejected aby a single massive star 200,000 times brighter than our sun.
Other features around NGC 2035 show regions where both new stars are being formed, and filaments of dust from past supernova explosions.

This is the longest I have imaged a target for so far, and to try and get the best clarity I have been ruthless with the subframe selector, throwing out as many subs as were in the final integration time total. Most of the narrowband subs were taken from my suburban backyard in Melbourne. I added RGB stars from subs taken at the LMDSS dark site.

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RA (center)	05h34m32s.997
RA (top/left)	05h31m06s.643
RA (top/right)	05h37m56s.202
RA (bottom/right)	05h37m55s.528
RA (bottom/left)	05h31m13s.271

Dec (center)	-67°35′53″.83
Dec (top/left)	-67°48′17″.38
Dec (top/right)	-67°48′39″.76
Dec (bottom/right)	-67°23′12″.59
Dec (bottom/left)	-67°22′51″.79

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