NGC 1955 region

Constellation: Dorado

This region of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) contains the nebula-associated open clusters NGC 1955, NGC 1968 and NGC 1974. It also contains open clusters of the KMHK* catalogue: 943, 884, 940, and 861. Link to interactive sky chart.

*KMHK=Kontizas+Morgan+Hatzidimitriou+Kontizas.

Dates:

This is derived from the outstanding data taken by Martin Pugh during the month of December 2018 (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: 14x1800s
Astrodon O-III: 14x1800s
Astrodon R: 3x600s
Astrodon G: 3x600s
Astrodon B: 3x600s

Total integration time: 15h 30′