HENIZE 70 - LMC

Dorado

(ra: 5:45.5 / dec -67:54'17'')

DATA

TYPE: Emission Nebula

APARENT MAGNITUDE: n/a

SIZE: 10 arcs minutes (rough calculation by the author)

DISTANCE: 160,000 light years

OBJECT DESCRIPTION

I was interested in this object for a while. Not much pictures around except those wide angle shots from NGC 2070.

Henize 70 is a faint interstellar gas bubble. The luminance channel did not brought it up so i had to use the Ha filter with more exposure time. The bubble measures about 300 light-years in diameter. It was created by winds from hot, massive stars. and supernova explosions and the interior is filled with tenuous, hot expanding gas.

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: Celestron C8 (SCT). Vixen GPDX. Sky Sensor 2000,

SKY CONDITIONS: visual magnitud 4.5

CAMERA: SXV M7 in @ F6.3.

FILTERS: Astronomik Ha 6nm, Type II

EXPOSURES: LHaRGB (20,60,15,15,20) for a total of 130 minutes with 5 minutes subs.

GUIDING: Synta Refractor 70/400 SXV Guide Head and Astro Art Control Camera Plug in release 3.71

PROCESSING: Calibration darks, flats & bias in ImagesPlus 2.75. Ritchardson Lucy Deconvolution. Photoshop CS