Tarantula Nebula
the most active star-forming region in the Local Group · 30 Doradus
163,000 light-years from Earth
A star factory in the Large Magellanic Cloud so bright that, if it were as close as the Orion Nebula, it would cast shadows on Earth. Its central cluster R136 holds the heaviest stars known.
- 163,000 light-years, in the Large Magellanic Cloud · ~650 light-years across
- supernova 1987A went off at its edge
- kind
- nebula
- catalogue
- NGC 2070
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