NGC 1949 region

Constellation: Dorado

This region of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) contains the emission nebula NGC 1949 and associated open cluster. Link to interactive sky chart.

Dates:

This is derived from the outstanding data taken by Martin Pugh during the month of January 2023 (Martin’s website: Remote Astrophotography with Martin Pugh (martinpughastrophotography.space).

His telescope is located in Chile (Observatory: El Sauce).

Telescope & Mount:

Planewave CDK17 on a Software Bisque Paramount ME mount.

Imaging:

Camera: SBIG STXL11002 (bin 1×1)

Data:
Astrodon Ha: 18x1800s
Astrodon O-III: 20x1800s
Astrodon R: 3x600s
Astrodon G: 3x600s
Astrodon B: 3x600s

Total integration time: 20h 30′