NGC 1760 is an emission nebula, or actually a complex of emission nebulae connected by glowing filaments over 1000 light-years across and located about 160,000 light-years away within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) – a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way, in the constellation of Dorado.
It is one of the most active star formation regions in the nearby Universe.
It is a cocoon shaped nebula that consists of different components. At the center lies a large cavity with a bright blue star cluster NGC 1761.
Three oval shaped patches are situated to the left and above the central star cluster.
The one above the central star cluster is called NGC 1763; this is the largest of these three patches.
To the left lies NGC 1769 and the one above and further to the left has the designation NGC 1773. All of these also contain star clusters.
This image is the result of 30 missions through the Chili two telescope. Each mission consists of 50 second L-exposure and 20 second exposures for each of the color filters (R, G and B); in total 55 minutes exposure. Processed in PixInsight.
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