Object: NGC 1763
This object is the second largest stellar nursery in the Large Magellanic Cloud, being surpassed is size only by the more prominent Tarantula Nebula. Following is a list of NGC catalog objects in this frame:
NGC 1763 – Bright nebula having a kidney bean shape located near the center of the image
NGC 1769 – Bright nebula at a 2 oíclock position from NGC 1763
NGC 1773 – Bright nebula at a 4 oíclock position from NGC 1763
NGC 1761 – Open Cluster at an 11 oíclock position from NGC 1763
NGC 1783 – 11th magnitude globular cluster within the LMC at bottom right edge of frame
- Team: Dave Jurasevich and Howard Hedlund
- Filters: Tru-Balance 5 nm H Alpha Filter
- Exposure: Ha 10 ea x 1200 sec 1x1 bin; 7 ea x 1800 sec 1 x 1 bin
- Date: February and March 2014
- Software: CCDStack 2, Photoshop CS5