Starbirth and Shockwaves in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Image Title: Nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Copyright: Jean-Yves Beninger
Date image was taken: January 06, 2026
Location: Warrumbungle Natonal Park
Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup
Description and Details: This image is a 10 panels mosaic with total exposures of:
66h Halpha, 30h OIII, 10h Red, 10h Green and 10h Blue.
Acquisition was done with a Zwo ASI2600MM camera and an Astro-Physics AP130 mounted on a Mach1 mount
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a nearby dwarf galaxy about 160,000 light-years away.
It is rich in nebulae, particularly large H II regions where new stars are forming. The most famous is the Tarentula Nebula, bottom left of the image, the most powerful star-forming region in the Local Group of Galaxies, shaped by intense radiation and winds from massive young stars. Other prominent nebulae such as N11, N44, N119 and N159, form vast complexes of ionised gas, dust, and stellar bubbles.
The cloudy bottom of the image is the illumination of the millions of visible stars in the LMC.
Name: Jean-Yves Beninger
Email: jy@lesbeninger.com
Website or Facebook Profile: http://www.lesbeninger.com
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