Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070)
    Wallpaper author:
    Huseyin Avcu

    04 Nov 2020

    Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070)

    Tarantula Nebula is an ionized hydrogen (H II) region in Large Magellanic Cloud. Since it is a H II region you can see blue bright newborn stars everywhere near the clouds of Tarantula Nebula. You can also see some remains of the stellar material that was used to make these big bright blue stars. If you look closely to the center of the nebula you can see a small newborn cluster of stars and lots of stellar wind that is being ejected. Although it is a star forming region it is also home for frequent star deaths. That small cluster in the center is made out of stellar material that came from frequent star deaths. I am still amazed so many things can happen in one place!

    Dataset from which the image was processed

    NGC 2070

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    • Type of target
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      Emission Nebula
    • Camera
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      FLI PL16803
    • Target coordinates
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      RA 84.8125 Dec -69.3275
    • Hemisphere
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      Southern
    • Telescope location
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      Chile
    • Transient event
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      No
    • Observed on
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      01 Sept 2020 - 20 Sept 2020
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    Subframes
    SII3461h15m13
    Halpha3691h20m13
    OIII17535m12

    Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070)