Small Magellanic Cloud and its surroundings
2023
- Type
- Galaxy
- Acquisition
- ACL200 · ASI2600MC Pro
- Integration
- 15.3h
Small Magellanic Cloud and its Surroundings (SMC, NGC 104 & NGC 362)
My third attempt at shooting and processing this target — and this time the globular clusters 47 Tucanae and NGC 362 finally made it into the frame alongside. A narrowband filter was used to boost some of the nebulosity, though a lapse during processing left a few star-forming regions (around NGC 346, for instance) slightly overexposed. The core of 47 Tucanae — the second-brightest globular in the sky — is also blown out due to the exposure lengths, and I left it as is.
Askar ACL200
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Avalon Instruments M-zero HQ
IDAS Nebula Booster NB2
22×900″(5h 30′)
IDAS Nebula Booster NB2: 3×1200″(1h)
IDAS Nebula Booster NB2: 35×900″(8h 45′)
Total integration time: 15h 15′