Skymonsters

Astrophotography by Nicola Montecchiari

Small Magellanic Cloud

Galaxy Small Magellanic Cloud
Date/Place2007-05-18 at Farm Hakos, Namibia
CoordinatesAR 00h 52m 44s DEC -72° 49'43"
InstrumentSkywatcher 80ED
CameraModified 350D
IntegrationStack of 6x300sec at ISO800. Preprocessing with IRIS, stack and stretch with PICTools, final adjustments with PixInsight LE.
DescriptionDwarf Galaxy Satellite of Milky Way
CommentToo few integration time and too short subexposures, I needed to integrate more. Better luck next time.