This weeks APOD is titled The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula. This star forming region is known as the largest in all of the galactic neighborhood. This can be found in the Large Magellanic Cloud. As you can see from the picture, it has a spidery image which is how it got the name of the Tarantula Nebula. It is roughly 1,000 light-years across and it's arms are actually surrounded by NGC 2070. This is a star cluster that has large stars that are extremely bright.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
apod 3.6
This weeks APOD is titled The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula. This star forming region is known as the largest in all of the galactic neighborhood. This can be found in the Large Magellanic Cloud. As you can see from the picture, it has a spidery image which is how it got the name of the Tarantula Nebula. It is roughly 1,000 light-years across and it's arms are actually surrounded by NGC 2070. This is a star cluster that has large stars that are extremely bright.
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