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NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula, Jorge Herreros
NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula
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NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula

NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula, Jorge Herreros
NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula
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NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula

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The Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8. Considering its distance of about 49 kpc (160,000 light-years), this is an extremely luminous non-stellar object. Its luminosity is so great that if it were as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula (1,500 light-years), the Tarantula Nebula would cast visible shadows (Wikipedia).
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NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula, Jorge Herreros