Nebulae

Annotated Deep View of the Tarantula Region in LMC - Narrowband Bicolour

This image is a mosaic of two deep fields centered near the bright Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The field is filled with numerous bright colourful nebulae and star clusters. At the LMCs distance of approximately 160,000 light years, the field of view seen here spans a massive 2850 x 1950 light years! At this large scale the nebulosity seem to feature many bubble shaped voids of different sizes. These are formed by the radiation pressure from young star forming regions and shockwaves from ancient supernovae. The small but comparatively recent supernova remnant of SN1987a is also visible here, as a tiny pink dot in the upper part of the image - if you know where to look.

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