The Tarantula Nebula (Dale A Chamberlain)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Dorado (Dor) · Contains: 30 Dor Cluster · HD269819 · HD269840 · HD269846 · HD269857 · HD269860 · HD269869 · HD269896 · HD269902 · HD269921 · HD269922 · HD269928 · HD269931 · HD269938 · HD269946 · HD269979 · HD269982 · HD269997 · HD269998 · HD38268 · HD38282 · NGC 2042 · NGC 2044 · NGC 2060 · NGC 2069 · NGC 2070 · NGC 2092 · RR Dor · RS Dor · Tarantula Nebula · And 1 more.

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The Tarantula Nebula

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The Tarantula Nebula

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The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is a large H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), forming its south-east corner (from Earth's perspective).

The Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8. Considering its distance of about 160,000 light-years, this is an extremely luminous non-stellar object. Its luminosity is so great that if it were as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula, the Tarantula Nebula would cast visible shadows. In fact, it is the most active starburst region known in the Local Group of galaxies. It is also one of the largest H II regions in the Local Group with an estimated diameter around 200 to 570 pc, and also because of its very large size, it is sometimes described as the largest, although other H II regions such as NGC 604, which is in the Triangulum Galaxy, could be larger. The nebula resides on the leading edge of the LMC where ram pressure stripping, and the compression of the interstellar medium likely resulting from this, is at a maximum.

Image Processed By Dale A. Chamberlain; Original raw data and calibrations files from Telescope Live

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RA (center)	05h38m40s.195
RA (top/left)	05h41m28s.566
RA (top/right)	05h35m41s.363
RA (bottom/right)	05h35m46s.846
RA (bottom/left)	05h41m42s.300

Dec (center)	-69°05′59″.99
Dec (top/left)	-68°49′47″.13
Dec (top/right)	-68°50′37″.84
Dec (bottom/right)	-69°21′55″.38
Dec (bottom/left)	-69°21′03″.51

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