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The Tarantula

TARANTULA · emission nebula · Common

The Tarantula

As close as Orion’s nebula, it would cast shadows.

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Observation status: Not observableNever climbs high enough in the sky: -21° at best, and the Live Telescope needs 20°.See this week’s vote

The real thing

Photograph
The Tarantula, photographed by Hubble Space Telescope
NASA, ESA, ESO, D. Lennon and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI) et al. · CC BY 4.0

Record

NGC 2070
Object
emission nebula
Rarity
Common
RA
05:38:39.12
Dec
-69:06:02.16
DISTANCE
~160,000 ly
SIZE
~600 ly
CORE
R136
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0 / 300
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