Tarantula
- gallery:
- Deepsky
- description:
- The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus or NGC 2070) is a large emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), forming its south-east corner (from Earth's perspective). For those who don`t know ... the LMC is a not so well known neighbouring galaxy to our milkyway. That means, this nebula is not in the milkyway. It`s one of the biggest and most active starburst region known in the Local Group of galaxies. Most of you may know the famous Orion Nebula (M42) which is one of the closest starburst regions to earth. To give you a hint how large the Tarantula Nebula is: Would it be at the same distance to earth as the Orion Nebula it would span across half of the night sky and i would never be dark if it shows up. The LMC is only visible from the Southern hemisphere. Shot from Kiripotib in Namibia!
- Copyright:
- Thomas Schifer
- Date:
- 27.08.2023
- Original Size:
- 9470 x 6285 px