NGC 2070 – Tarantula Nebula Core HA+RGB Enhanced Colour
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- Target Information
- Located in the constellation of Doradus inside the Large Magellanic Cloud the Tarantula Nebula is one of the skies larges emission nebula. It gets it name from the wispy “legs” extending out from the nebula.
- Date
- 4th to 25th December 2005
- Camera
- SBIG 2000XM -20C
- Filters
- SBIG CFW8A, HA, Red, Green, Blue
- Exposure
- Total Time: 31.3 hours
- HA: 14 hours
- Red: 6.1 hours
- Green: 5.3 hours
- Blue: 5.8 hour
- Telescope
- William Optics 80mm Fluorite Doublet with William Optics x.80 Field Flattener
- Mount
- Paramount ME
- Aquired with
- CCDAutoPilot2
- Processing
- CCDSoft, Registar, MaximDL & Photoshop
- Target Location
- Right Ascension: 5 : 38.5 (hours:minutes)
- Declination: -69 : 4.6 (degrees:minutes)
- Visual Brightness: 5.0 (magnitude)
- Apparent Dimension: 40″ (arc minutes)
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