Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2070  ·  NGC 2100  ·  Tarantula nebula
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Tarantula Nebula (Ha Test), Craig Rodgers
Tarantula Nebula (Ha Test)
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Tarantula Nebula (Ha Test)

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Tarantula Nebula (Ha Test), Craig Rodgers
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Tarantula Nebula (Ha Test)

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First narrowband test with my new (to me) Atik 314L+. I'm planning an HaRGB image, since the Tarantula is so rich in Ha.

The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It was originally thought to be a star, but in 1751 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille recognized its nebular nature. The Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8. Considering its distance of about 49 kpc (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 shadows. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_Nebula)

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Tarantula Nebula (Ha Test), Craig Rodgers