3h30min of integral Ha exposure of NGC 1882, 1925, 1925, 1933 area near the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) - captured remotely using Telescope #3 (ASA-N D = 0.5m f/3.8, FLI ProLine 16803) system of ChileScope during 3 imaging sessions carried out on Jan 30, 2024, Feb 9 & 10, 2024.
Revision B shows the version of the original image with partial star suppression, and revision C - with full star suppression revealing among large diffuse structures multiple galaxies in the background.
The region contain multiple star associations, HII regions and supernova remnants gathered together into a composition resembling something very similar to the iron masterpiece shown under [1], hence the temptation to name this peculiar composition a "Skeletal Rider of the LMC" for future reference
The image processing is strongly inspired by [2] and [3] for this one.
[1]
https://www.ronsusser.com/inventory/listing/one-of-a-kind-motorcycle-masterpiece-irondeath-skeleton-bike/[2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyGIJl1XUA[3]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbWmzoL4FwMAdditional reference for revision D:
[6] "At the scale of the Schmidt plates, such “nonstars” include not only galaxies, but blends of overlapping images which were not resolved into individual objects by the deblending step of the plate processing pipeline. ... In general, nonstars can be considered to be primarily galaxies far from the galactic plane, and primarily blends close to the plane.":
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-6256/136/2/735 ,
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-6256/136/2/735/pdf
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