Small Magellanic Cloud in Tucan

Updated : 2 September 2004.

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  • CCD : STL11000M ABG 1x1 binning
  • Exposure time : 15:15:15 min RGB (5 min individual exposures)
  • Date and Time : 15.08.2004
  • Instrument : Canon Telelens 200 mm f/2.8 L
  • Focal length : 200 mm
  • FWHM :
  • Filters : Astronomik RGB filters
  • Image processing : average combine, darks, flat
  • Problems/comments : Further processing in Imageplus (RGB combine, DDP) and Photoshop. Nicely visible are the two large globulars accompagnying the SMC. The upper most one is 47 Tucanae (NGC104), the second largest globular with a very dense core (much different to Omega Centauri) and the lower one is NGC362.

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