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Tarantula Nebula
NGC2070
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Dor
- Right ascension
- 5h 38m 42.2s
- Declination
- −69° 06′
- Apparent magnitude
- 7.3
- Angular size
- 16x16′
- Catalogue
- NGC2070
Located in Dorado.
The outline on your card
A sprawling network of glowing filaments and cavities around the dense R136 cluster.
- Outline class
- Filament
- Axis ratio
- 1.00 : 1
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Filaments · Cavity · Embedded stars · Bright rim
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