After drawing a blank last night with a particular target near the LMC (too dim), I backed off to 55mm to take a 'happy snap' of the area. The LMC 'spectrum' is a nice hazy rainbow, but the Tarantula Nebula, effectively a point source at this scale,
appears to show a very dim spectrum illuminated by two very bright spots in the blue & red.
Did a quick-&-dirty Google but didn't find anything. Has anybody done anything on this object, or got any information? Thanks.
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/w...8Oct09crop.jpg
Star Analyser, Canon 400D, 55mm, 2 x 90 sec @ ISO 1600, F/4.5.
Cheers -