The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus, or NGC 2070) is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It was originally thought to be a star, but in 1751 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille recognized its nebular nature.
A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Originally, nebula was a name for any diffuse astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy, for instance, was referred to as the Andromeda Nebula (and spiral galaxies in general as “spiral nebulae”) before the true nature of galaxies was confirmed in the early 20th century by Vesto Slipher, Edwin Hubble and others.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS PHOTOLINE – 102mm f/7 ED
Imaging cameras: QSI690
Mounts: SkyWatcher HEQ5 PRO
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion 50mm GuideScope
Guiding cameras: ORION StarShoot AutoGuider
Software: EQMOD Project EQMOD, Pixinsight 1.8, Cartes du Ciel Sky Charts, Stark Labs Nebulosity 3, PHD Guiding
Filters: Astrodon Ha 3nm, Astronomik SII 12nm 1.25″, Astronomik OIII 12nm 1.25″
Accessories: Moonlite CF 2,5″ focuser with high resolution stepper, Teleskop-Service TS 2″ PHOTOLINE 0.8x reducer / flattener
Resolution: 3281×2569
Dates: Dec. 14, 2014, Dec. 15, 2014
Frames:
Astrodon Ha 3nm: 27×600″ -10C bin 1×1
Astronomik OIII 12nm 1.25″: 15×300″ -10C bin 1×1
Astronomik SII 12nm 1.25″: 15×300″ -10C bin 1×1
Astrodon Ha 3nm: 27×600″ -10C bin 1×1
Astronomik OIII 12nm 1.25″: 15×300″ -10C bin 1×1
Astronomik SII 12nm 1.25″: 15×300″ -10C bin 1×1
Integration: 7.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 22.11 days
Avg. Moon phase: 50.35%
Locations: Balcony in Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Author: Slawomir
