Tarantula Nebula Region

The enormous mass of gas associated with this section of the Large Magellanic Cloud is accentuated by mapping Ionised Sulphur to Red, Ionised Hydrogen to Green and Ionised Oxygen to Blue. Broadband RGB was taken and applied to the stars only.

 

AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO + FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7

SII Ha OIII RGB = 135 150 90 10 10 10 (6.75hrs total) Astronomik filters

AstroHandy LightRing used for flats

FOV = approx 1.5deg X 1.0deg

Image scale = 1.4arc sec/pix

Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9

Processed in Astroart4

 

 

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