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      Tarantula & friends (widefield, custom SHO blend)
      Wallpaper author:
      Dev Prana

      08 Feb 2026

      Tarantula & friends (widefield, custom SHO blend)

      Tarantula nebula, NGC 2070, a Southern Hemisphere Gem

      Part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the brightest star factory in the Galaxy. The Tarantula Nebula is the most vigorous star forming region known in the local Universe. It is 170 000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in the southern sky and is clearly visible to the naked eye as a large milky patch. Over 3 hours of Ha, Sii, and Oiii data from Telescope Live observatory in Chile. Astro Pixel Processor stacks. Channel Combination and Standard SHO Palette workflow in Pixinsight for pre and post processing, with final touches in Paintshop Pro. Full details on Astrobin:


      https://app.astrobin.com/u/devprana?i=c57a18

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 2070

      2 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-2-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI PL16803
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 84.8125 Dec -69.3275
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        01 Sept 2020 - 20 Sept 2020
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      SII3461h15m13
      Halpha3691h20m13
      OIII17535m12

      Tarantula & friends (widefield, custom SHO blend)