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Taken by a Super-Takumar 50/1.4, 8 elements. Wide open. What-a-lens this is (both actually), but the Super-Takumar is especially wonderful.
Looks good apart from aperture that won't close down consistently and protective flange is missing, so presumably some Canon shooting person has had their hands on it. It's not like I'll use it much other than wide open anyway so I don't care much. I paid 75 euro's for it which is a good deal for any 85mm lens.
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way at a distance of around 200,000 light-years. Together with the LMC it can be clearly seen with the naked eye.
The SMC is visually accompanied by 2 globular clusters. The biggest one is called Tuc47 and it is located 16,700 light years from us. It is in fact the second brightest globular cluster in the sky (after Omega Centauri).
Unfortunately I only took a few (long) exposures and wasn't able to preserve the core of the globular cluster.
dslr-astrophotography.com/small-magellanic-cloud-tuc-47/
Nikon D5100 + Nikkor 80-200mm F2.8 used at 80mmF4
17 x 5min ISO800