Mosaic EPIC images of N70, in the ([0.4–1.5]) keV energy band. Top row: left, the raw data, combined EPIC MOS1/2 and pn image; right, the combined EPIC smoothed image. Bottom row: left, X-ray contours at ﹩3\sigma ﹩, ﹩4\sigma ﹩, and ﹩5\sigma ﹩ above the cosmic background level are superposed onto the smoothed image; right, a comparison between the Hα emission of N70, which was taken from the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey (MCELS; Smith et al. 1998), and the X-ray emission (in black contours). Note the X-ray emission observed to the west, it is external to the optical SB, which is related to some field sources detected in this observation.