NGC 2014
The Cosmic Reef in the LMC
Erupting from a single central star
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These bright ridges of interstellar gas and dust are bathed in energetic starlight. With its sea of young stars, the massive star-forming region NGC 2014 has been dubbed the Cosmic Reef. Drifting just off shore, the smaller NGC 2020, is an expansive blue-hued structure erupting from a single central Wolf-Rayet star, 200,000 times brighter than the Sun. The cosmic frame spans some 600 light-years within the Large Magellanic Cloud 160,000 light-years away, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
NGC 2014 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Data acquisition with
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Technical card
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| Object | NGC 2014 |
| Imaging telescopes | PlaneWave CDK1000 |
| Imaging camera | Moravian C5A-100M |
| Focal Reducer | – |
| Mount | PlaneWave CDK1000 |
| Guiding | – |
| Filter | Baader 3.5/4nm Ultra-Narrowband-Filter-Set 50x50mm (H-alpha / O-III / S-II), Baader R, G, B (50x50mm) |
| Accessories | Baader Instrument Multi Port IMP85, PlaneWave Series-5 Focuser & Rotator |
| Integration | 58.5 hours (H-alpha: 210×300″, O-III: 250×300″, S-II: 205×300″, RGB each: 60×60″) |
| Dates of recording | Between October 2025 and November 2025 |
| AstroBin | Link |
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