The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has a wide range of galactic objects and phenomena that make it known as an "astronomical treasure-house, a great celestial laboratory for the study of the growth and evolution of the stars".
Surveys of the galaxy have found roughly 60 globular clusters, 400 planetary nebulae and 700 open clusters, along with hundreds of thousands of giant and supergiant stars.
| Object | Large Magellanic Cloud |
| Constellation: | Dorado and Mensa |
| Position: | RA 05h 23m 35s / Dec -69° 45' 22'' |
| Apparent Size: | 10.8° × 9.2° |
| Apparent Magnitude: | |
| Distance in light years: | 163.000 ly |
| Photo Data | |
| Date: | 30.11.2020 |
| Location: | El Sauce Observatory Chile (1525m ASL) GPS: 30.472529° S, 70.762999° W |
| Telescope: | CHI-5-CCD: Nikon f2.0/200mm |
| Camera: | FLI ML 16200, 6 μm, 4500x3600px, @ T sensor = -20°C |
| Field of View: | 7.9° x 6.3° |
| Pixel Scale/Resolution: | 6.3 arcsec/px |
| Expose frames/times: | S 2x300s, H 2x300s, O 2x300s |
| Total expose: | 0h 30m |
| Filter: | Astrodon Ha, SII, OIII |
| Mount: | 10 Micron GM1000HPs German equatorial mount |
| Software: | Siril 1.4, Photoshop CC |
| Remarks: |
© Photos by Peter Cerveny
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