"S" nebula in the heart of the LMC

[tornado33]

Hi all
Was after the wierd S shaped nebula around the open cluster NGC 1910 near the centre of the LMC, deep in the "bar" of the LMC. I went deep, 1.5 hours total.
6x15 mins ISO 400, UHCS and MPCC, modded 350D, 10 inch F5.6 Newtonian, hand guided.
Larger version here
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads...s10inchbig.jpg

There seems to be very few images of this object, particularily colour ones around.

It was an action packed early morning starting from 3 am. First, the rescue chopper flies over on its way to the hospital, then when everything is quiet these strange birds fly round in circles, squaking very loudly, I could just see them , white in colour, they landed in nearby trees and squaked off and on for an hour before taking flight again.
Then I see a tumbling sattelite a sharp series of flashes repeating, then next to that, an irridum flare, then a little while later a much brighter irridum flare, then a west to east heading sattelite with a bright reflection. Gee it was all happening in the sky thismorning. Yet not a single meteor.

[PhotonCollector (Paul)]

Hi ho tornado33,

holy mackeral - that's one D E E P exposure - top image - congrats !

Sounds like those birds were after you! :-)

regards
Paul

[tornado33]

Thanks Paul
Yes it was almost scary sitting at the scope with these screetching sounds coming from the sky.

I found another colour pic of the nebula too, taken by Eddie Trimarchi
http://astroshed.com/minest10.html
Scott

[h0ughy (David)]

come on you airbrushed that on, its the "S"cott nebula!! fantastic!!

[iceman (Mike)]

Wow, that's an awesome image. Well done Scott.

[tornado33]

Thanks people
Yes ive been after that one for a while now. I used Star Atlas pro to find it, it turns out to be almost due west of the Tarantula Nebula by a few degrees, so I put the scope on the Tarantula, moved west, and I could see the open cluster, and perhaps just a hint of nebulosity in the viewfinder. Its hard navigating in the LMC as theres lots of faint stars but not many bright ones.
Scott

[Ric]

Hi Scott, that is certainly a fascinating image, the "S" nebula really stands out.

cheers

[Octane (Humayun)]

Scott,

What an amazing object.

Great work.

Regards,
Humayun

[avandonk]

Really nice image Scott. Tracking is very good even though it is such a long exposure. I can see more than a dozen globular clusters. I took the liberty of using Registar to put your image on a low resolution widefield of mine. Also the exact same region as yours to show that there is no ideal optic just one for the job in hand.
Very deep and very nice.

Bert

[2020BC (Bill Christie)]

very very good