Small Magellanic Cloud is actually a tour in itself with a large enough telescope. There are something like 15 globs in there
and nebulas as well!
Nearby is the fabulous 47 Tucanna glob, surpassed only by Omega Centauri and in some ways a better visual target as it has a very bright core.That is 47 tuc at the bottom of the shot.
Nikon D70, Nikon 180mm ED F2.8 lens, Dark site NSW Australia, Jan, 3 x 30 sec, ISO 1600.
Both the large and small Magellanic clouds are visible to the naked eye at a dark site as a white cloud. The LMC is quite large.
This shot shows some star trailing whereas the same length shot of the LMC shows much less. The LMC is close to the South Celestial Pole, perhaps that is why.
Greg.
and nebulas as well!
Nearby is the fabulous 47 Tucanna glob, surpassed only by Omega Centauri and in some ways a better visual target as it has a very bright core.That is 47 tuc at the bottom of the shot.
Nikon D70, Nikon 180mm ED F2.8 lens, Dark site NSW Australia, Jan, 3 x 30 sec, ISO 1600.
Both the large and small Magellanic clouds are visible to the naked eye at a dark site as a white cloud. The LMC is quite large.
This shot shows some star trailing whereas the same length shot of the LMC shows much less. The LMC is close to the South Celestial Pole, perhaps that is why.
Greg.
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