Tarantula Nebula

Riverland Dingo Observatory · Moorook, Australia

Tarantula Nebula by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 14.5" carbon truss CCAS
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u16803
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 0 minutes
  • Red = 60 minutes
  • Green = 60 minutes
  • Blue = 60 minutes
  • Ha 5nm = 150 minutes
  • OIII 3nm = 180 minutes
  • SII 5nm = 180 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 4
  • CCDStack2
  • Photoshop CS5

About this image

The Tarantula Nebula also known as NGC2070 is an HII region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The Compact star cluster in the center is R136 and the nebula itself is very large and extremely luminous.

Tarantula Nebula detail
M27 Inverted

30 Doradus showing the interaction of the nebula and the interstellar medium. Huge amounts of UV from R136 is making most of this nebula visible.

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