The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in Narrow Band Light

[MLParkinson (Murray)]

The LMC contains a plethora of star clusters and star forming nebulae easily seen in quality binoculars. More than 100 full moons would easily fit into this image.

The most challenging aspect of producing these two part mosaics was correcting for the strong light pollution gradients. Damn cities and LED lights.

https://flic.kr/p/2hZoGBg

https://flic.kr/p/2hZoGvV

Technical Details:

Borg 55 mm f/3.6 astrograph, Astrodon 3-nm Sulphur II, Hydrogen alpha, and Oxygen III filters, QSI 683wsg camera. Mount: EQ8. Imaged from suburban Sydney.

Sulphur II: 88 x 11 minutes = 16 hours, Hydrogen alpha: 165 x 11 minutes = 30 hours, Oxygen III: 88 x 11 minutes = 16 hours.

Software: Nebulosity 4, PHD 2, PixInsight, Lightroom and Photoshop.

[codemonkey (Lee)]

That's a colossal effort, Murray! Lovely field... kinda looks like a big fish. I personally prefer the colour of the second one, but I can make out more nebulosity in the first one.

[el_draco (Rom)]

I've spent 20 minutes just staring at this image...

Quality time...

[Ross G]

That is one amazing photo Murray!


Not many images of this region grab my attention but your widefield is fantastic.
Amazing detail.
Beautiful composition.


One of the best I have seen...both versions!....





Ross.

[LostInSp_ce]

Spectacular images. The amount of detail is amazing, beautifully done!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nice details and colours.