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Tarantula Nebula

June 21 , 2022 762 days 642 0
  • Astronomers have looked into Tarantula Nebula gaining new understanding of the dynamics of star formation.
  • Tarantula Nebula is located in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way called the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  • It is a web of stars, gas and dust with a diameter around 600 light-years.
  • It is located about 170,000 light years from Earth.
  • It is formally named 30 Doradus.
  • It is referring to a catalogue number for objects in the direction of the constellation Dorado.

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