The Tarantula Nebula aka 30 Doradus

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, the Tarantula Nebula would cast visible shadows. In fact, it is the most active starburst region known in the Local Group of galaxies. It is also one of the largest H II regions in the Local Group with an estimated diameter around 200 to 570 pc, and also because of its very large size, it is sometimes described as the largest, although other H II regions such as NGC 604, which is in the Triangulum Galaxy, could be larger. The nebula resides on the leading edge of the LMC where ram pressure stripping, and the compression of the interstellar medium likely resulting from this, is at a maximum.

Data from Telescope.Live Pro Dataset, processed by Cameron Caldwell.

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Telescope: CHI-2 ASA 500N, 50-cm F3.6 corrected Newtonian telescope.

Camera: FLI PL16083

Mount: ASA DDM85 equatorial mount with direct drives

Observatory name: El Sauce Observatory

Location: Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile

Coordinates: 30.472529° S, 70.762999° W

Elevation: 1525 m

This is my own custom mapping / palette for this image with a total 3hr 10m exposure.

Processed in DeepSkyStacker, Adobe Photoshop with Astronomy Tools Plugin, Adobe Lightroom.

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