NGC 2018
NGC 2018 is a supernova remnant associated with a star cluster and located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in the constellation Mensa.
This image contains 10 hours of data through a Hydrogen Alpha filter.
Technical Details
- Object: NGC 2018
- Other Names: LN 120 N70, DEM301
- Object Type: Emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Object Position (Equinox 2000): RA= 5h 31m, Dec= -71° 04´, Constellation Mensa>
- Date: 2021 Feb 17 - Feb 21 (5 nights)
- Location: Chile Remote Observatory, Observatorio El Sauce, Chile
- Partnership: Operated in partnership with David Churchill
- Telescope: Planewave CDK-17 (with Focal Reducer: f/4.5; FL = 1945mm)
- Camera: QHY 16200A with Integral 7-position Filter Wheel
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO
- Guider: Agena Starguide II / SBIG STi
- Sub-Exposures: Astronomik Filters
- H-Alpha: 60 x 10 min = 600 min - Total Exposure: 10h 00m
- File Name: NGC2018-CDK21Ha-C01.jpg
- Field of View: 38.9' x 58.3' at 0.64 arc-sec/pixel
- Original Image Size: 3630 x 4540 pixels (16.5 MP); 12.1" x 15.1" @ 300 dpi
- Data Acquisition: David Churchill
- Image Processing: Fred Espenak
- Maxim DL: Image Calibration, Stacking, Digital Development Processing
- Adobe Camera Raw: Noise Reduction
- Photoshop CC: Curves, Levels, Sharpening - Copyright: Fred Espenak