Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2048  ·  NGC 2070  ·  NGC 2077  ·  NGC 2100  ·  Tarantula nebula
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Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 and surrounds:, Bruce Graham
Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 and surrounds:
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Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 and surrounds:

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Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 and surrounds:, Bruce Graham
Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 and surrounds:
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Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 and surrounds:

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A bright half moon was up but the sky was clear so I decided to look to the south for something to image.

It is one of the largest emission nebulae known. It lies 160,000 light years away in the LMC. If the taranntula nebula was as close to us as the Orion Nebula, it would cast shadows at night!

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Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 and surrounds:, Bruce Graham