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Tarantula nebula (NGC 2070) in Dorado

author: Sebastian Voltmer/Novapix

reference: a-neb20-70017

Image Size 300 DPI: 27 * 20 cm

The largest emission nebula in the sky, the Tarantula Nebula (also known as NGC 2070 or 30 Doradus) is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in the southern hemisphere at about 170,000 light year from Earth.
Image obtained with different filters (SII 5x 2min, Ha 20x 2min, [OIII] 11x 2min, H-beta 10x 2min, L(IR) 2x 2min, IR 4x 2min, R 8x 2min, G 5x 2min).

Keywords for this photo:

2008 - 30 DORADUS - ASTRONOMY - DORADO - EMISSION NEBULA - FALSE COLOR - INFRARED - LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD - MASSIVE STAR - NEBULA - NGC 2070 - OPEN CLUSTER - R136 - SII-Ha-OIII - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STAR FORMATION - TARENTULA - YOUNG STAR -