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The Large Magellanic Cloud
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by astrographist in Deep Sky 0 comments

This is the Large Magellanic Cloud and is a satellite of the Milky Way. It can only be observed from the Southern hemisphere. It’s a pretty large object in the sky (more than 20 times the apparent diameter of the Full Moon), visible in the direction of the constellations Dorado and Mensa. It is at a distance of around 160000 light-years from the Milky Way. The turquoise patch in the galaxy is the Tarantula nebula.

Date and place: January 12 2017; Stonehenge Aotearoa, New Zealand

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L

Exposure: 13 x 180s

Aperture: 2.8

ISO: 3200

Tracker: Fornax Mounts LighTrack II

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