HENIZE 44

EMISSION NEBULA WITH SUPER BUBBLE STRUCTURE

LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD IN DORADO

 (Image Centred at ra 5h:22m / dec -67:57)

September 2014 - Camping La Porteña, San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

Type: Emission and Reflection Nebula Complex

Apparent Magnitude: n/a

Apparent diameter: around 12 arc minutes

Distance: 160.000 /170.000 light years

IMAGE INFORMATION

TELESCOPE: 8" Orion Optics UK Mirror with Televue Paracorr (1150 mm focal length)

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS

FILTERS: Baader LRGB

SKY CONDITIONS: rural skies, foggy night

EXPOSURES: RGB (20,20,20)

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

Located in our galactic neighbor the Large Magellanic Cloud Henize 44 is a complex nebula structure which spans along an area of 1000 light years of extension. Henize 44 is classified as an emission nebula because it contains large regions of ionized hydrogen. It is also visible in the picture some bluish areas produced by ionized Oxygen. Henize 44 house many massive stars, such stars are blue, white and very luminous and incredible powerful that shape the super bubble structure of Henize 44.