Large Magellanic Cloud
Large Magellanic Cloud
This is an image of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It is a satellite galaxy of the Milky way and is about 160,000 light years away in the constellation Dorado. It measures only about 14,000 light years in diameter and is about a hundredth the size of the Milky Way. It is the forth largest galaxy in the local group behind the Andromeda, Milky Way and Triangulum galaxies.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Officina Stellare RH200
Camera
FLI ML 16200
Location
Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Date of observation
28 April 2021
Filters
Astrodon LRGB 2GEN
Processing
Pixinsight and Photoshop
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