Southern sky around the Large Magellanic Cloud

Posted 2007 April 18 @ 10:29

© 2007 F. Prins

From Sutherland, on the weekend of 2007 April 07, Ferdi imaged the sky around the Large Magellanic Cloud (centre,top). The field, about 37° wide, shows the stars of Chamaeleon, Dorado, Hydrus, Mensa and Reticulum. The bright star near the centre is gamma Hydri, while at the upper-right edge is alpha Doradus. On a line between them is the bright star alpha Reticuli. The three pairs of stars upper-left are in Chamaeleon.

Keywords: Astronomy, deepsky observing, deep sky observing, astrophotography, Ferdi Prins

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