A "Hen 70" jellyfish has an audience with the Tarantula

by Vin

Objects in field: Tarantula Nebula, NGC 1962, NGC 1965, NGC 1967, NGC 1968, NGC 1969, NGC 1970, NGC 1971, NGC 1972, NGC 1974, NGC 1983, NGC 1984, NGC 1986, NGC 1987, NGC 1994, NGC 2001, NGC 2005, NGC 2009, NGC 2010, NGC 2011, NGC 2014, NGC 2015, NGC 2016, NGC 2019, NGC 2020, NGC 2021, NGC 2028, NGC 2029, NGC 2032, NGC 2033, NGC 2035, NGC 2036, NGC 2037, NGC 2038, NGC 2040, NGC 2042, NGC 2044, NGC 2046, NGC 2047, NGC 2048, NGC 2050, NGC 2052, NGC 2053, NGC 2055, NGC 2056, NGC 2057, NGC 2058, NGC 2059, NGC 2060, NGC 2065, NGC 2066, NGC 2069, NGC 2070, NGC 2072, NGC 2074, NGC 2075, NGC 2077, NGC 2079, NGC 2080, NGC 2081, NGC 2084, NGC 2085, NGC 2086, NGC 2088, NGC 2091, NGC 2092, NGC 2093, NGC 2094, NGC 2096, NGC 2098, NGC 2100, NGC 2102, NGC 2107, NGC 2108, NGC 2109, NGC 2113, NGC 2114, NGC 2116, NGC 2117, NGC 2118, NGC 2122, NGC 2125, NGC 2127, 30 Dor Cluster

Equipment: Tele Vue TV-76, Player One Poseidon-M Pro

Integration: 9h 58m

I’ve just started my exploration around Southern Hemisphere skies with a little TV76 on an unguided HEQ5Pro from a remote Bortle 1 site. And so I thought I’d look at the Tarantula Nebula. Well, my jaw dropped when I saw this emerge - just 10hrs of LRGB. What amazing skies. When I look at this image, I’m reminded of a little jellyfish (the circular object about a fifth of the way diagonally across…