CCD Images - The Tarantula Nebula Clicking on the image will display a high-resolution view.

 

Object: NGC2069	The Tarantula Nebula - Emission Nebula	Const.: Dorado
Camera: STL11000M	Scope: TEC 200FL	Mount: AP1200
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 8x8m	blank
NGC2069, the Tarantula nebula. This image is a stack of 8 eight minute exposures through an Hα filter using an SBIG STL11000M CCD camera on a TEC 200FL 8" f/8 refractor. The images were calibrated, stacked, wavelet sharpened, and a gamma stretch was performed using AIP4WIN V2.3.0. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 4008 x 2672. The object was about 6 degrees above the horizon at the time, and the sky was hazy with the smoke from the local sugar cane harvest.

 

Object: NGC2069	The Tarantula Nebula - Emission Nebula	Const.: Dorado
Camera: ST-10XME	Scope: Tele Vue NP-101	Mount: Vixen GP-DX
Filter(s): none	Exposure: 32x30s	TeleVue 0.8x Focal Reducer
NGC2069, the Tarantula nebula. The image was taken at a rubber plantation in Guatemala during a visit with Adriana Sherman on January 11th, 2005. This image is a stack of 32 thirty second exposures using an ST-10 CCD camera on a Tele Vue NP-101 101mm f/5.4 apochromatic refractor equipped with a 0.8x focal reducer. The object was 6.9 degrees above the horizon at the time, and the sky was hazy with the smoke from the local sugar cane harvest. The image was calibrated, stacked and enhanced using AIP4WIN. It has been cropped from the original 2184 x 1472 image. To date, this is the southernmost object I have ever observed or imaged.