17 Oct 2021
SHO-image of NGC 1763, an emission nebula with an embedded star cluster in the Dorado constellation in the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 160000 light-years from Earth.
NGC 1763, aka the Bean Nebula, is the bright (blue) nebula having a kidney bean shape located near the center of the image.
Other NGC-objects are also visible in this image: NGC 1760, NGC 1761, NGC 1769, NGC 1773...
This SHO-image was captured with CHI-1, data from 3 one-clicks.
Total exposure time: 180 minutes; 6 subs of 600s with each filter (SHO).
NGC 1763
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Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 3h20m | 20 |
| SII | 600 | 3h20m | 20 |
| OIII | 600 | 3h10m | 19 |