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The Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus, top) in the LMC // Cankun Wang
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The Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus, top) in the LMC // Cankun Wang
Tarantula Nebula © Ferrante Enriques
Tarantula's Pillars
NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula
La nebulosa de la Tarántula, también conocida como 30 Doradus o NGC 2070, se encuentra en la Gran Nube de Magallanes. Inicialmente considerada una estrella, en 1751 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille reconoció su naturaleza de nebulosa.
Con una magnitud aparente de 5, la nebulosa de la Tarántula es un objeto extremadamente luminoso, considerando que se encuentra a unos 170 000 años luz de distancia. Su luminosidad es tal, que si se encontrara a la misma distancia de la Tierra que la nebulosa de Orión, llegaría a producir sombras. De hecho, es la región de formación estelar más activa y compleja conocida dentro de las galaxias del Grupo Local.
NGC2070 The Tarantula Nebula
Using the same technique as I did with M31 combining LRGB images to create this colour image. The images were taken using iTelescope T08 in Australia.
The Tarantula Nebula is a large emission nebula located in the southern constellation Dorado.
The star-forming region lies within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and one of the nearest galaxies to our own, located on the border between Dorado and Mensa.
The nebula is also known as 30 Doradus. It has the designation NGC 2070 in the New General Catalogue.
The Tarantula Nebula is one of the better known nebulae not listed in the Messier catalogue. It is the most active region of star formation known in the Local Group of galaxies, as well as one of the largest, spanning 600 light years, or 13 arc minutes across the sky. The nebula contains more than 800,000 stars and protostars. The newly formed stars are frequently hidden within clouds of dust and can only be seen in infrared wavelengths.
The nebula is extremely luminous. It lies at a distance of 160,000 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 8. Because it lies so far to the south, it is visible primarily from southern latitudes. [Credit: Constellation Guide http://www.constellation-guide.com/tarantula-nebula-30-doradus/]
The Tarantula Nebula in the LMC // Jeff Parke