Tarantula nebulae
by Eti Reid
Title
Tarantula nebulae
Artist
Eti Reid
Medium
Photograph - Original Art
Description
The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It was originally thought to be a star, but in 1751 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille recognized its nebular nature.
This is digitally denoised and enhanced image derived from larger Hubble photo.
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February 16th, 2015
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