Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2048  ·  NGC 2070  ·  NGC 2077  ·  NGC 2100  ·  Tarantula nebula
NGC2070 - Tarantula, Hans-Jürgen
NGC2070 - Tarantula
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NGC2070 - Tarantula

NGC2070 - Tarantula, Hans-Jürgen
NGC2070 - Tarantula
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NGC2070 - Tarantula

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The Tarantula nebula is one of the biggest and brightest nebulae in our galactic neighborhood. It is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, some 160,000 ly away. If it was as close to earth as the Orion nebula it would take up 30° of the sky.

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NGC2070 - Tarantula, Hans-Jürgen