[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Placidus

Superb as usual, Paul. An incredibly rich and rewarding image to explore.

Thanks Mike; yes the LMC has so many different looking objects to image. There are a number other really interesting objects I have been researching and of course the crown is the Tarantula which probably needs to be done again.

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Paul,
that's such an interesting pic.
The LMC is a real treasure of targets in the Southern hemisphere.
There is a good write-up on APOD here:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap041006.html

It looks like another Tarantula Nebula.

cheers
Allan

Yeah it looks to be like a pretty dense star forming region. The whole of the LMC has such rich clouds; probably as a result of the merger with the Milkyway.

Originally Posted by Andy01

Wow! That's a cracker, very, very good rendition of the Bean nebula - (seriously, who names these things?)

Well done as always - you sure lift the bar high, but it gives us mere mortals something wonderful to aspire to!

I can see why it is called the bean nebula. Those OIII gas clouds would stand out in visual observing with an OIII filter but not so much the rest.

Thanks for the high praise, but remember we all start from the same position in this lark. And; like you I am inspired by several imagers out there too and hope to one day produce results like them.