The Core of Tarantula Nebula in Hubble Palette

Added SII data to this bicolor image, and reprocessed the core area to bring out the massive star clusters at its center.

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IMAGING DATA
Optical train: AP167FLZ + flattener
Mount: AP1100 CP4
Guiding: QHY5III462C, 50/260 guidescope.
Camera: QHY600M (-15C)
Filters: Astrodon 2nd Gen 3nm H-alpha and OIII.
Frames: 85x5-min SII, 58x5-min H-alpha and 89x5-min OIII, all binned 1x1
Processing: PI 1.884 + Adobe Camera Raw
Date: 28, 29, 30 & 31 of October, and 2 & 5 of November 2020.
Place: General Pacheco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seeing & transparency: from very good to excellent/good (suburban skies, Bortle 8-9)

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