The Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070)
One of the most fascinating of nebulae. This nebulae is not situated
in our own Milky Way galaxy. It's located in another small nearby galaxy: the Large
Magellenic (LMC) which is a satellite galaxy to ours. The LMC looks like a wild and
eerie place. Even without knowing that the LMC is being tortured by the
gravitational forces from our own nearby Milky Way galaxy you can tell it's a bit
different just looking at it. The Tarantula Nebula is obviously being shaped
by some pretty powerful forces.
The shot above was taken with an unmodified Canon 350D in an Orion 80ED refractor (with
fishing line for crosshairs). It was piggybacked on the 8 inch Meade LXD-75 Schmidt
Newtonian which was used as the guidescope. Guiding was via Mintron 13V1C video
camera and MaxDSLR software. Exposure was 14 x 3 Minutes 1600 ISO.
OTHER IMAGES
Hydrogen
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See Also
NGC
2070 Tarantula Oxygen-III 11Oct08 (Wide-shot Grayscale)
NGC
2070 Tarantula Oxygen-III 11Oct08 (Wide-shot Color)
NGC
2070 Tarantula Oxygen-III 11Oct08 (Close-up Color)
NGC
2070 Tarantula Oxygen-III 11Oct08 (Close-up Grayscale)
Narrowband
Oxygen-III Image Nov2007
Compare this to a very early Mintron video camera shot that I took (click here). Ouch.
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