Tarantula Widefield (Torben van Hees)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Dorado (Dor) · Contains: 30 Dor Cluster · IC 2128 · IC 2145 · NGC 1935 · NGC 1949 · NGC 1953 · NGC 1962 · NGC 1965 · NGC 1966 · NGC 1967 · NGC 1970 · NGC 1983 · NGC 1984 · NGC 1994 · NGC 2001 · NGC 2005 · NGC 2009 · NGC 2011 · NGC 2014 · NGC 2015 · NGC 2016 · NGC 2019 · NGC 2020 · NGC 2021 · NGC 2028 · NGC 2030 · NGC 2032 · NGC 2033 · NGC 2035 · NGC 2036 · And 59 more.

Tarantula Widefield

Link: http://astro.van-hees.name

Tarantula Widefield

Link: http://astro.van-hees.name

The Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is the most luminous HII and starburst region of our local group of galaxies. It is also one of the largest HII regions. it is one of the deep sky objects I remember reading about at about age 7, starting my fascination with astronomy. I'm very glad I got the opportunity to image it during this past holiday to Namibia. The image isn't technically perfect but I decided to not pixel-peep and fuss over details too much, to still have plenty of time to spend with my family on this wonderful trip to a fascinating country.

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Astrometry.net job	9278027
PixInsight job	HSRLRXUR68A2LXWVRDTQPGRSCS7OOZYU
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h38m27s.85
RA (top/left)	06h00m00s.26
RA (top/right)	05h40m23s.88
RA (bottom/right)	05h18m48s.25
RA (bottom/left)	05h36m05s.51

Dec (center)	-69°08′02″.5
Dec (top/left)	-70°01′29″.3
Dec (top/right)	-67°03′47″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	-68°05′42″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	-71°11′49″.6

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