Like a gigantic space sand worm escaped from Arrakis, Shai - Hulud appears as NGC 1763 in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
I was keen to show the worm's "tail' and surrounding structures, so the wider field from the 0.7 reducer came into play here.
So many interesting star clusters, globs (including NGC 1783, NGC 1718 & NGC 1818 and odd bits of nebulosity for us pixel peepers to enjoy.
NGC 1763 is an emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) about 163,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Dorado. It is part of the N11 (also known as NGC 1760) star-forming region, the second largest of such in the LMC after 30 Doradus. N11 is a cocoon shaped nebula that consists of different components.
At the center lies a large cavity with a bright blue star cluster, and a trio of (wickedly bright, very challenging to control the dynamic range) oval shaped patches lie below with two containing embedded star clusters. NGC 1763 is the designation for the largest of these three patches. The patch is actually a cavity filled with gas and dust that shows dramatic dark dust filaments. In its center is a bright star cluster with hot, massive stars.
(annesastronomy news.com)
This is a combination of Narrowband data from my light polluted suburban location, combined with some lovely RGB from much darker rural Kilmore in country Victoria.
Have to thank my astro buddy Paul, for patiently hosting (and sometimes driving) my gear at his rural property, and introducing me to the Star keeper "Voyager" capture program.
Voyager's focussing routine is reason enough to try it out, but there are many more amazing features that I would need to get used to if I make the switch from Stellarmate.
But it's probably just a matter of time...
ASTROBIN HERE