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NGC 2070: The Tarantula Nebula

Oh do I need some sleep. After months of terrible conditions I got 5 nights in a row of near perfect astronomy weather. So here also is this years take on the Tarantula Nebula, resting on the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud. This massive cascade of nebulosity is different from the ones I usually photograph which are in our galaxy, the Milky Way and so much closer to us. These are nebulas in a far distant galaxy. You can see all the young stars in blue, being spewed out of the red clouds as new star systems are formed in this huge star factory.

For the imaging nerds, this was created with 3 separate image runs over 3 nights. One in mono with no filter (broadband), one in one-shot RGB colour and one in Hydrogen Alpha which is added as a luminosity layer.

  • 105 x 1m Mono
  • 36 x 2m RGB
  • 21 x 2m Ha
  • Total Integration Time : 3.65 hours
  • Celestron 11″ RASA / CGX Mount / QHY9 CCD / QHY12 CCD
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Source https://deography.com/ngc-2070-the-tarantula-nebula/
Author Dylan O'Donnell, deography.com
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(Reusing this file)		 Public domain, released on creators website with public domain notice

Some of these beautiful images have already been released on Flickr and imported to Commons, but these seem to be new to us. It would be a shame not to have them on Wikimedia Commons, especially because of their license.

Public Domain license proof and information: https://deography.com/yes-its-free/

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