Cosmic Reef
NGC 2014 / NGC 2020 · Emission nebulae in Dorado · ~163,000 ly
A pair of glowing nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud, nicknamed the Cosmic Reef for their resemblance to an undersea world. NGC 2014 is lit by a cluster of massive young stars, while neighboring NGC 2020 is a shell of gas carved by a single colossal one.
- Telescope
- AUS-2-CCD
- Camera
- FLI PL16803
- Location
- Australia
- Source
- Telescope Live
- Filters
- Ha / OIII / SII
- Exposure
- Ha 15h 50m · OIII 15h 50m · SII 15h 40m
- Total
- 47h 20m (284 subs)
- Coordinates
- RA 05h 32m 24.0s · Dec −67° 41′ 00″
- Observed
- 17 Sep 2021 – 11 Dec 2022
- Processing
- PixInsight, AstroWizard, Photoshop
- Processed by
- Johnathan Allison