A Rose in the Large Magellanic Cloud

[gregbradley]

Also known as LH120-No70 so yes rather obscure but often seen in widefield LMC images. I have always thought it was a pretty shaped nebula. Thanks to Rick - its Henize 70.

I did a bit of a search but couldn't find out much about it. It looks like a supernova remnant but it also could be the result of a Wolf Rayet star.
Perhaps someone knows something about it.

CDK17, FLI Microline 16, AP1600 mount.

Ha RGB image.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/168286456

It could've had more exposure but this was taken on the one clear night available.

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

One of the best images you've churned out in a while Greg.

Very nice....very nice indeed. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much Peter.

The KAF16200 sensor is APSh size so this is really about 4.2 metres of equivalent focal length as its quite a small little nebula in most widefield images.

Greg.

[PeterSEllis]

Hi Greg,
That is a lovely shot. Everyone (including me) tends to go for the tarantula, and this little beauty is just waiting on the side lines.

Cheers
Peter

[RickS]

Great image, Greg. Henize 70 is usually categorised as a superbubble: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbubble

Cheers,
Rick.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Peter. There are several wonderful nebulas surrounding the LMC.
The problem with a lot of them is that they require long focal length to really show them up and they are not that bright. I imagine that is why they tend not to be imaged that often. But there have been some wonderful images on this site of several of the better nebs in the LMC.
I'd go so far as to say this site has been extending the imagery of these nebulas more than anywhere else.





Thanks for finding that Rick. Interesting. There are a couple of other super bubbles nearby as well. A violent area of space it seems.

Greg.

[Atmos]

I’ve shot thi numerous times in wide field shots but never to this detail, you’ve done a great rendition.

[Peter Ward]

Yes, having sold my 8300, I've been pondering a 16200 based camera for a while now. Convincing the one that must be obeyed is the tricky bit :)

[gregbradley]

Thanks Colin. I agree its there but often quite small.



Hehe, keep trying :lol:. Its a superb sensor like a smaller 16803 and the 6 micron pixels suit a lot of scopes.

Greg.

[sharpiel]

Beautiful. My new screen saver now. Thank you.

[multiweb]

+1 Top shelf. The fov is beautifully resolved including the little clusters. Sub zero cool! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Bart]

That is very cool Greg! Top stuff!

[cometcatcher]

Stunningly beautiful image.

[gregbradley]

Wow, that's great.



Cheers Marc.



Thanks very much Bart.



Thanks for that.

Greg.

[Placidus]

Stunning.

New to us, too.

Lovely.

[Newbula]

Wow this is amazing.

[strongmanmike]

Excellent shot of H70 Greg, love the detail in this little blighter, something I've wanted to hit with the AG12 too :thumbsup: nicely processed, not a biggy at all but is there a tad of up down elongation I see or is it my eyes :question:

Deffo one that likes some image scale, you can compare to what it looks like at 3.5"/pix (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/166606120/original) :thumbsup:

Mike

[LewisM]

Divine! A+ on all counts

[Andy01]

You've done well with that little puppy Greg!
It rarely takes centre stage, but here it is in all it glory with not less than six star clusters in support and it's a fascinating object too - so well done to you! :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Cheers M and T.



Thank you. I was wondering what I could image as there was a half moon. It turned out better than I expected.



Thanks Mike. Yes its one you could do nicely with the AG12.



Cheers Lewis.



Thanks Andy. The star clusters and stars in general in this area are quite pretty.

Greg.

[IanP]

Greg, this is a six star image :hi:

[gregbradley]

Wow,thanks for the kind words Greg

[Anth10]

This is a real eye catching DSO that you have captured so well. Limelight normally reserved for the Tarantula but you have introduced a beauty seemingly overlooked!
Inspiring, well done.
Anth

[Joshua Bunn]

beautifully done Greg, the ones off the beaten track are often the most interesting.


Josh

[markas]

Rare target - splendid image!
Mark

[Geoff45]

Beautiful image of an interesting object Greg. I’ll be putting it on my to-do list.
Geoff

[gregbradley]

That's right the Tarantula normally gets the attention as its so amazing but there are several very interesting nebs nearby. A few others have been done quite well but this one is not so often imaged I suppose because its rather small.

[QUOTE=Joshua Bunn;1401230]beautifully done Greg, the ones off the beaten track are often the most interesting.

Cheers Josh. Yes the odd ones that are not often imaged. What is amazing is there are so many of them really.







Cheers Mark.



Thanks Geoff. I am sure you can do an excellent version with your setup.

Greg.

[skysurfer]

Where in the LMC can it be found ? I'll give it a try.

Looks like a mini version of the Simeis 147 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeis_147) or the 'Spaghetti Nebula', a large (3 degrees !) and faint supernova remnant between Taurus and Auriga.

[Regulus]

Very nicely done Greg.
Worth looking at the original version and, sheesh, that's a complex knot of filament.

Trev

[Paul Haese]

Agree with other comments Greg, one of your best in my opinion. Nicely crisp detail, good background and colour of stars is nice too. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Just off the coast of the Tarantula Nebula.



Thanks very much Trev.



High praise, thanks Paul.

Greg.

[PRejto]

Great work Greg! Really enjoyable image on all counts!


Peter

[ChrisV]

That is really stunning!!

And an effective focal length of 4m. I can't even imagine how you begin to think about doing that.

[gregbradley]

Cheers Peter.



Thanks Chris.

It does require some reasonably good seeing which I often get.

Greg.

[topheart]

Awesome shot Greg!
I have tried imaging this a few times, but never get a good result...
Cheers,
Tim

[gregbradley]

Thanks Tim. Some images seem to be elusive and others fall into your lap even though you do the same approach.

There's a somewhat random factor in this pursuit.

Greg.

[topheart]

Thanks Greg.
I wonder if it is a bit too far South from here... :)


Cheers,
Tim

[gregbradley]

Go for it, you know you want to! The LMC is quite high at the moment which is why I chose to image it when working out what to image that night.

Greg.

[gary]

Hi Greg,

This is jawdroppingly awesome!



I believe the correct designation would be "LHα 120-N 70" :)

Or modernised to "LHa 120-N 70" for easier entry into computers
restricting symbols to just ASCII characters.

L = Lamont-Hussey Observatory
Hα (or Ha) - Hydrogen alpha
120 - refers to the survey plate it appeared on (covers the LMC)
N - designates it is a nebula rather than a star (S)
70 - designates the serial number on that plate

Plate 115 covered the SMC.

So there is also a different object in the SMC designated "LHα 115-N 70".

I'd recommend avoiding referring to it as "Henize 70" as there are really
two totally different objects in the Henize catalogue both of which have
the serial number of 70.

SIMBAD recognises "LHa 120-N 70" with the letter "a" in Ha rather
than the Greek symbol for lower-case alpha used in the 1956 Karl Henize paper.

SIMBAD does not recognise "Henize 70" probably for the simple reason
there is no such designation. :)

Once again, congratulations on an absolutely stunning image!

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Mount Kuring-Gai NSW