Henize 206 (Tuc)

Henize 206 (Tuc)

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Date/Site: 31. December 2018 and 1. January 2019, Daniel-Verschatse-Observatory at the Hacienda los Andes, Chile
Exposure/
Filter:
R: 12 x 300 seconds,
G: 12 x 300 seconds,
B: 12 x 300 seconds,
Hα: 12 x 600 seconds (-15°C),
O3: 12 x 600 seconds (-20°C)
Camera: SBIG STL11000 with Astronomik Type II-filters
Optics/
Instrument:
Astro-Physics 175mm f/8 StarFire EDF Triplet Refractor with flattener on AP1200 GTO
Guiding: Lodestar attached to a 50mm-finder,
focusing: Robofocus and FocusMax,
image acquisition: CCD-Commander and MaximDL 6,
calibration and processing: PixInsight 1.8

Henize 206 is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a nearby and irregularly-shaped galaxy seen in the Southern Hemisphere. A shockwave from a supernova explosion impacted a cloud of nearby dust and hydrogen gas, compressed it, and started a new generation of star formation.
As the STL11000 has no O3-filter, Pedro Borja was so kind to provide a series of O3-frames taken with the Riccardi-Honders.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  09.12.2024