Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  30 Dor Cluster  ·  NGC 2060  ·  NGC 2069  ·  NGC 2070  ·  Tarantula Nebula
Tarantula - NGC 2070, Warren A. Keller
Tarantula - NGC 2070
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Tarantula - NGC 2070, Warren A. Keller
Tarantula - NGC 2070
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NGC 2070 in Doradus also known as 30 Doradus, is a large region of ionized HII gas surrounding a collection of newly-forming stars at the eastern end of the stellar bar in our neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The very bright Tarantula is 160,000 light-years from Earth. This 3-panel mosaic was acquired in 2011 by SSRO.

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Tarantula - NGC 2070, Warren A. Keller