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The Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8. Considering its distance of about 49 kpc [2] (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. [13]
The Ring Nebula is located in the lower right of the image Gum Nebula: 809–950 ly (248–291 pc) Emission nebula: Extends about 36° of the sky Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822) 758 ly (232 pc) H II region: The Bubble Nebula is located in the upper left of the image NGC 6188: 600 ly (180 pc) Emission nebula: NGC 592
NGC 2080, also known as the Ghost Head Nebula, is a star-forming region and emission nebula to the south of the 30 Doradus (Tarantula) nebula, in the southern constellation Dorado. It belongs to the Large Magellanic Cloud , a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way , which is at a distance of 168,000 light years . [1]
BAT99-98 is a Wolf–Rayet star located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, in NGC 2070 near the R136 cluster in the Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus). At 226 M☉ and 5,000,000 L☉ it is one of the most massive and luminous stars currently known. [3]
R136 (formerly known as RMC 136 from the Radcliffe Observatory Magellanic Clouds catalogue [4]) is the central concentration of stars in the NGC 2070 star cluster, which lies at the centre of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. When originally named it was an unresolved stellar object (catalogued as HD 38268 and Wolf-Rayet star ...
Database references. SIMBAD. data. VFTS 682 is a Wolf–Rayet star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is located over 29 parsecs (95 ly) north-east of the massive cluster R136 in the Tarantula Nebula. [5] It is 138 times the mass of the sun and 3.2 million times more luminous which makes it one of the most massive and most luminous stars known.
The RMC 136 cluster. Melnick 42 is just above the main cluster in the rightmost image. Melnick 42 is a massive blue supergiant star in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Dorado. Although it is only 21 times the size of the sun, its high temperature of 47,300 K makes it one of the most luminous stars ...
Description 30 Doradus, Tarantula Nebula.jpg. English: Several million young stars are vying for attention in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula. Early astronomers nicknamed the nebula because its glowing filaments resemble spider legs.