NGC2070 - The Tarantula Nebula (John Dziuba)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Dorado (Dor) · Contains: 30 Dor Cluster · NGC 2044 · NGC 2050 · NGC 2060 · NGC 2069 · NGC 2070 · Tarantula Nebula

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NGC2070 - The Tarantula Nebula

This is a closeup view of NGC2070, the Tarantula Nebula. It is located near the celestial south pole and is part of the larger complex known as the Large Magellanic Cloud or LMC. The LMC is actually a companion galaxy to our own Milky Way, located only 163,000 light years away from us. Its is estimated to be 1/100th of the mass of the Milky Way.

The Tarantula Nebula complex is located on the south-east corner of the LMC. It is a starburst region and the most active area of star formation known in the local group of galaxies. It is an extremely luminous object. It is so bright, that if it were as close to the Earth as the Orion Nebula it would cast visible shadows. The entire region is visible with the naked eye from dark sky sites. Which is pretty amazing when you consider that this object is not even in our own galaxy!

This was a late night project captured in bits over many nights after my other primary targets had set below the horizon. It is the last of the data that I had collected during the painfully long run of poor seeing in Chile towards the end of the winter season. The poor seeing coupled with the target being low on the horizon yielded less than ideal HFR subs, and I think the resulting image reflects that to some extent. I collected a LOT of data to try to overcome some of these negatives. Processing was a challenge for sure and I look forward to trying again next year.

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RA (center)	05h38m13s.158
RA (top/left)	05h40m11s.705
RA (top/right)	05h34m22s.440
RA (bottom/right)	05h36m11s.418
RA (bottom/left)	05h42m05s.463

Dec (center)	-69°06′31″.25
Dec (top/left)	-68°48′29″.99
Dec (top/right)	-69°02′58″.42
Dec (bottom/right)	-69°24′27″.29
Dec (bottom/left)	-69°09′44″.90

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