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NGC 1871& N30

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NGC 1871, N30 This image is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud which is a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located about 160,000 light years from Earth in the Dorado constellation in the deep southern sky.  This overall image includes the star cluster NGC 1871 and the  N30 nebula complex. The bright star in the lower center is Theta Dor. The overall shape of the nebula looks like a snowman and the top part is N30b and the body is N30a. There are 236 nebulas in the LMC which are given N designations. The NGC 1871 star cluster is between the two nebulae. The Red color in the image comes from  Hydrogen atom emission, Green from Sulfur emissions and Blue from Oxygen emissions.

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Optics: Astro Physics RH305
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME
Camera: ZWO ASI6200
Filters: Astrodon 3nm Ha,Oiii,Sii R,G,B
Dates/Times: Dec 2024
Location:  Heavens Mirror, New South Wales Australia
Exposure Details: Ha,Oiii,Sii=28x20min, R,G,B=10x3min for a total of 114 images over 29 hours
Acquisition: MaxIm DL
Processing:  MaximDl used to create RGB star image and HSO color RGB from Ha,Sii,Oiii. BlurX used to deconvolve. StarX Terminator used to remove stars in color image. Photoshop CC2024 used to assemble image and Topaz Denoise used to reduce noise. Stars from the RGB image added back using lighten blending mode.