A Tarantula in the LMC (Geoff Healey)

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A Tarantula in the LMC

A giant tarantula in the Large Magellanic CloudThe Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is a large H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud , forming its south-east corner (from Earth's perspective). The name Tarantula Nebula arose in the mid 20th century from its appearance in deep photographic exposures. Near the centre of the Tarantula lies the Wolf-Rayet-Hypergiant star R136a1 and its one of the most massive and luminous stars known. Its mass is around 315 times that ouf our sun and 9 million times as luminous. It is approx 157,000 light years from us. Heading up from the Tarantula are a host of other objects including NGC2080, 2077, 2076, 2085, 2083, 2078, 2084 and IC2145. It is a fantastic part of our southern hemisphere skies and I am sure the envy of out northern hemisphere neighbours.My image is a blend of RGB and Narrowband in the nebulae/background and RGB stars. Taken over 3 nights from my home bortle 6 sky .Astroworx 250mm F4 Truss Newtonian, QHY268M Gain 56 Offset 25 High Gain Mode, Optolong 7nm Ha, O3, S2 and RGB filters, TSWynne 3” coma corrector, iOptron CEM60EC. Captured with Voyager and processed with Pixinsight.

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