Tarantula Nebula, Fabiano B. Diniz

Tarantula Nebula

Tarantula Nebula, Fabiano B. Diniz

Tarantula Nebula

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The Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070 - the whitish part in the center of the image) lies in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud (one of our neighbor galaxies). It is so large that if it was located as close as the Orion nebula, it would cover 30 degrees of our sky and even cast shadows.

Several other objects can be seen surrounding it, such as NGC 2074, 2080 and 2083, the three bright nebulae to the left of the Tarantula.

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Tarantula Nebula, Fabiano B. Diniz