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