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Large Magellanic Cloud region, Russell Cockman

Large Magellanic Cloud region

Large Magellanic Cloud region, Russell Cockman

Large Magellanic Cloud region

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Essentially every object in this image is of a galaxy far, far away. A star-studded region of the Large Magellanic Cloud containing the huge Tarantula Nebula, many other star forming regions, some supernova remnants, clusters of young blue supergiants and dusty molecular clouds. Distance: 165,000ly.

Takahashi TOA130/EM-200 Temma2/SBIG11000M combination; f=730mm, f5.6; LRGB = 3hr.

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Large Magellanic Cloud region, Russell Cockman