Large Magellanic Cloud

Large Magellanic Cloud
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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 ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
Officina Stellare RH200
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI ML 16200
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
28 April 2021
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
Astrodon LRGB 2GEN
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
Pixinsight and Photoshop
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