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SN 1987A remnant and Stars Clusters @Tarantula Nebula, Ruben Barbosa
SN 1987A remnant and Stars Clusters @Tarantula Nebula
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SN 1987A remnant and Stars Clusters @Tarantula Nebula

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SN 1987A remnant and Stars Clusters @Tarantula Nebula, Ruben Barbosa
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SN 1987A remnant and Stars Clusters @Tarantula Nebula

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The Tarantula Nebula is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 180 thousand light-years away.

It is estimated that NGC 2070 is only 2 million years old and consists of more than 500,000 stars

In this image we can see 3 stars clusters and many, many stars...

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SN 1987A remnant and Stars Clusters @Tarantula Nebula, Ruben Barbosa

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