Image Description:

At the beginning of our presentation of the southern sky, we see the spectacular tarantula nebula, catalogue NGC 2070 or 30 Doradus, today in the constellation Swordfish. The last name comes from the explorer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille who saw him as a star in 1751 and therefore gave a star number. The fog is located in the Great Magellanian cloud approx. 163 000 light years away.
It is one of the largest star emerging areas in our local galaxy group. He is stimulated by the star cluster R136 in his midst. The pile houses the most well-known and brightest star R136a1 with 265 solar masses and 10 million times luminosity and another two stars with about 150 solar masses.

Copyright: Hans Bernd Dörfeldt

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Takahashi FS60c

ASI1600MM Pro

7 Position FW, 36mm

Feather Touch Starlight

Pegasus Astro

EQ6

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 140 ∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 10 ∙ 600s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Astronomik S2 6nm: 86∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Astronomik O3 6nm: 96 ∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Total exposure: ~39 hours

Location:

Colombari's Terrace, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Copyright: Roberto Colombari