Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1903  ·  NGC 1910  ·  NGC 1916  ·  NGC 1918  ·  NGC 1926  ·  NGC 1939  ·  NGC 1950  ·  NGC 1958  ·  NGC 1959  ·  NGC 1986
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30 Doradus NB-RGB, andrea tasselli
30 Doradus NB-RGB
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30 Doradus NB-RGB

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30 Doradus NB-RGB, andrea tasselli
30 Doradus NB-RGB
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30 Doradus NB-RGB

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When I started using remote services one of the first thing I went for was the Tarantula Nebula and, more in general, the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds. So, from my past of armchair astronomer I just asked for the coordinates of 30 Doradus, as this is the cluster that contains the Trantula Nebula, i.e., NGC2070. Little did I know that CdC would spit out the coordinates of the center of the LMC! So I went in with those coordinates and what came out at the end of the run is what is show here, to my then extreme dismay. Yet photons never go to waste so here was a chance to start a mosaicking effort as future image shall show.

First use of the NBRGB script in PI and it seems to do a grand job, possibly better than doing it by hand.

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30 Doradus NB-RGB, andrea tasselli