02 Feb 2026
Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), Irregular Dwarf Galaxy
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an irregular dwarf galaxy that is gravitationally bound to the Milky Way Galaxy. It is 210 KLY distant. It can be observed naked eye from the southern hemisphere. It is located in the constellations Tucana and Hydrus.
Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.
Imaging Details:
Observatory: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Yass, Australia
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Aperture: 106 mm (4.17 inches), f/3.6
Focal Length: 382 mm (with 0.73x focal reducer)
Camera: QHY 600M Pro CMOS
Filters: LRGB
Total Exposure: 10 hours 10 minutes
Image Processing: PixInsight 1.8.9-3 Ripley (x64);
BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator (RC Astro);
Adobe Photoshop 12.5.1;
Adobe Lightroom Classic 14.1.1
Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.
Small Magellanic Cloud
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 13.62629 Dec -72.6676
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................15 Jun 2023 - 26 Jul 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 318 | 3h | 34 |
| Luminance | 362 | 3h25m | 34 |
| Red | 274 | 2h35m | 34 |
| Green | 245 | 2h15m | 33 |
| Blue | 300 | 2h45m | 33 |