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The Large and Small Magellanic clouds (LMC & SMC) form South Africa.
Taking on an ordinary camera tripod, 30 seconds exposure at f/2.8. ISO 1600. Not much light pollution that night :)
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the largest satellite dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way, and until 2003, thought to be our two nearest galactic neighbors. They are only visible within the tropics and the southern hemisphere. Within the tropics they are only visible part of the year and south of the tropics they are always visible at night. The bright star to the upper left of the Small Magellanic Cloud is not a single star but the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a ball of stars that is almost too big to be a star cluster and yet too small to be a galaxy. The southern hemisphere has some of the best targets for astrophotographers. (JPOD 191) #photoaday #pictureaday #magellanicclouds #largemagellaniccloud #smallmagellaniccloud #47tucanae #southernsky
Edited NOIRLab image of the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Original caption: Part of the SMASH dataset showing what is arguably the best wide-angle view of the Small Magellanic Cloud to date. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and, unlike the rest of the satellite galaxies, are still actively forming stars — and at a rapid pace.
Edited NOIRLab image of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Color/processing variant.
Original caption: Part of the SMASH dataset showing what is arguably the best wide-angle view of the Small Magellanic Cloud to date. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and, unlike the rest of the satellite galaxies, are still actively forming stars — and at a rapid pace.
Widefield capture of the region around the Tarantula Nebula.
Remotely captured by @telescope.live
Edited and processed by myself.
Crop of the NOIRLab image of the Small Magellanic Cloud showing the globular cluster 47 Tucanae.
Original caption: Part of the SMASH dataset showing what is arguably the best wide-angle view of the Small Magellanic Cloud to date. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and, unlike the rest of the satellite galaxies, are still actively forming stars — and at a rapid pace.