NGC 1910 

OPEN CLUSTER & EMISSION NEBULA

AT THE CORE OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

 (Image Centred at ra 5h:18m / dec -69:13)

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January 2015 - Home Backyard in Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

Type: Open Cluster associated with nebulosity

Apparent Magnitude: 11.2

Apparent diameter: 8.5 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 Astronomik Hs 6 nm

SKY CONDITIONS: Urban Skies, 75% Moon

EXPOSURES: LHaRGB (30,30,30,30,)

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

Located almost in the core of the Large Magellanic Cloud this cluster is rarely photographed with moderate focal length telescopes. NGC 1910 encompasses more than 100 giants and super giants stars including S Doradus on of the most luminous stars known. The stars in the  background belong to our neighbor galaxy. Despite the significant light pollution at my home location, the gear was able to grab a good deal of stars. Some other NGC objects are also displayed in this picture: center up globular cluster NGC 1916; center down globular cluster 1917 and the bright globular at the upper left is NGC 1903.

NGC 1910 was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop using a 9 inches reflector f12 telescope from Paramatta in New South Wales, Australia.