Hi-Def SMC & 47 Tucanae (winner IAPY 2016)

This image won second prize in the Galaxies category of the 2016 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, organized by the Greenwich Royal Observatory of London.

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IMAGING DATA
Optical train: AP130 EDF GT + AP 0.8x reducer
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: BST Starguider guidescope + QHY5L-II mono + PHD
Camera: Canon 6D (modded, and peltier cooled, sensor @-4°C)
Frames: 3x20 lights 5 min. ea. @iso800, calibrated with 200 bias, 20 darks and 30 flats.
Processing: PI 1.8 + Canon DPP
Date: 2015-09-12
Place: San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seeing & transparency: good/good (rural skies)

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