Observation by Paul Whitmarsh: Small Magellanic Cloud - Take 2

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Paul Whitmarsh

Observer

Paul Whitmarsh

Observed

2022 Nov 26 - 01:25

Uploaded

2023 Apr 01 - 20:40

Objects

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)
47 Tucanae (NGC104)
NGC362
NGC460
NGC456

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Constellation

Tucana

Field centre

RA: 00^h52^m
Dec: -72°48'
Position angle: +48°57'

Field size

7°32' × 5°40'

Equipment

iTelescopes T70

Exposure

7h 42m total LRGB

Location

Chile

Target name

Small Magellanic Cloud

Title

Small Magellanic Cloud - Take 2

About this image

Thanks to Grant Privett for the comments on the previous post. Here is take 2,.

I've moved the black point up a bit to remove that odd halo. I changed the processing and this has rendered a much better Tucanae 47 Processed using Pixinsight.

Image taken with iTelescopes T70 (Samyang 135mm lens)

Images taken on iTelescope T70 over several days from 26th November to 25th December 2022.

64 Luminance plus 30 Red, 30 Green and 30 Blue all 180s

Files associated with this observation

SMC_PW _take-2.jpg (1.7 MB)

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Grant Privett, Dr Paul Leyland, Callum Potter

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