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SMC
Image of the Small Magellanic Cloud acquired with the CHI-5 telescope.
The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is a small galaxy about 200,000 light-years way that orbits our own Milky Way galaxy. The SMC has a diameter of about 7,000 light-years, contains several hundred million stars and has a total mass of approximately 7 billion solar masses.
On the left one can easily recognize the large globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), and below SMC a smaller globular cluster NGC 362.
Total exposure time 80 minutes; 4 subs of 300s with each filter (LRGB)
Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop CC (incl. AstroPanel 4, Astronomy Tools and Denoise Project Pro 3 plug-ins)
The second image of the Magellanic Clouds (& MW) was shot in New-Zealand (Twizel, Dark SKy Reserve) back in December 2019. (Canon 700D and Samyang F2/16mm)
The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is a small galaxy about 200,000 light-years way that orbits our own Milky Way galaxy. The SMC has a diameter of about 7,000 light-years, contains several hundred million stars and has a total mass of approximately 7 billion solar masses.
On the left one can easily recognize the large globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), and below SMC a smaller globular cluster NGC 362.
Total exposure time 80 minutes; 4 subs of 300s with each filter (LRGB)
Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop CC (incl. AstroPanel 4, Astronomy Tools and Denoise Project Pro 3 plug-ins)
The second image of the Magellanic Clouds (& MW) was shot in New-Zealand (Twizel, Dark SKy Reserve) back in December 2019. (Canon 700D and Samyang F2/16mm)
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
CHI-5 (Nikon 200 F/2)
Camera
FLI ML16200
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation
December 2020
Filters
LRGB
Processing
AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop CC (incl. AstroPanel 4.2, Astronomy & Franzis Denoise Pro 3 plug-ins)
Credits
Images acquired by Jim DeLillo - Processing Jan Scheers
