NGC 1760 Stellar Nursery

 Posted: Mar 6th, 2026
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: ASA 500N
Camera: FLI ProLine 16803
Mount: ASA DDM85
Software: Siril, GraXpert, Lightroom, StarNet++, Photoshop
Exposure:
4 x 600" ISO/Gain: 0 - Astrodon SII
4 x 600" ISO/Gain: 0 - Astrodon OIII
4 x 600" ISO/Gain: 0 - Astrodon Halpha
Black, Bortle 1 zone:
 Observatorio El Sauce Rio Hurtado , Chile
2 h 0 m
9
Resolution: 3521x2521 px
Scale: 4351 KB
This is the second-largest star-forming complex in the LMC after the Tarantula Nebula, spanning over 1,000 light-years across. CHI-4-CCD captured this beauty for us. Probably spent an hour fixing dead pixels in Photoshop—the calibration in this stack turned out terrible.
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