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Old 15-11-2019, 09:52 AM
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The Hookah Pipe Nebula - NGC 1871 & 1873

Not too many individual images of this object around - I searched and Googled but couldn’t find any, so maybe this is a world first! ✅

Reminiscent of a middle eastern Hookah Pipe, check out the Ha smoke ring (DEM L99) at 1 O'Clock, (how the heck did that form?) and the mini rosette (DEM L90) at 2:30.
The base N30 A&B has a strong blue O3 region, which is beautifully contrasted by the big yellow star at the centre -Theta Doradus (Mag 4.80).

I spent ages pouring over annotated widefield images looking for a new target in the LMC - googling again since has still found no stand alone colour versions of this Nebula.
The untrodden path does occasionally reward the adventurous with unexpected delights!

And it's cool to find & shoot new targets for a change, so let's give this pretty little neb in the LMC some love

Hope you enjoy, kinda reminds me of Deep Space Nine too

Imaging telescope: Sidereal trading carbon fibre 10"F4 Newtonian
Imaging camera:QSI WSG8
Mount:Takahashi NJP Temma-2
Exposure: 10.7 hours - Needs more but Spring in Melbs is cloud central!
HaO3RGB
Location: Light Polluted Suburban Melbourne, Australia

Big one here
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