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NGC 346 (upper left) and NGC 371 (lower right) are emission nebulae located in the Small Magellanic Cloud. They are conspicuous even in wide field images of the SMC. There is another image of NGC 346 in this web site, that was taken with a 20″ telescope. This one was taken with a different equipment (see below), having a different resolution. The image was taken with narrowband filters (Halpha and OIII) and short exposures with RGB filters to grab the stars in their natural colors.
Additional Information
Object
Name(s): NGC 346 and NGC 371
Type: Emission Nebulae
RA: 01h 00m 52s
Dec: -72º 07’ 13”
Constellation: Tucana
Size (arcmin): 14×15 arcmin (NGC 346)
Magnitude: +10.3
Distance: 210,000 ly
Image
Date: 2022-12-06 to 2022-12-14
Location: Obstech, Valle de Rio Hurtado, Chile
Size (arcmin): 33×31 arcmin
Telescope: 24” f/6.5 Reflector
Camera: QHY 461 (11760x8896pix)
Guiding: Astrodon MonsterMOAG off-axis guider
Total exposure: 41 hours (Ha: 20h 40m; OIII: 17h 30m; RGB: 3 h)
Processing: CCDStack, Photoshop CC 2022