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                              2022 September 16
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                             The Tarantula Zone
   Image Credit & [3]Copyright: Processing - [4]Robert Gendler, [5]Roberto
                                  Colombari
   Data - [6]Hubble Tarantula Treasury, [7]European Southern Observatory,
              [8]James Webb Space Telescope, [9]Amateur Sources

   Explanation: [10]The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is
   more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming
   region within nearby satellite galaxy the [11]Large Magellanic Cloud.
   About 180 thousand light-years away, it's the largest, most violent
   star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies. The
   cosmic arachnid sprawls across [12]this magnificent view, an assembly
   of image data from large space- and ground-based telescopes. Within the
   Tarantula (NGC 2070), intense radiation, stellar winds, and supernova
   shocks from the central young cluster of massive stars cataloged as
   R136 energize the nebular glow and shape the spidery filaments.
   [13]Around the Tarantula are other star forming regions with young star
   clusters, filaments, and blown-out [14]bubble-shaped clouds. In fact,
   the frame includes the site of the closest supernova in modern times,
   [15]SN 1987A, at lower right. The rich field of view spans about 2
   degrees or 4 full moons, in the southern [16]constellation Dorado. But
   were the Tarantula Nebula closer, say 1,500 light-years distant like
   the Milky Way's own star forming [17]Orion Nebula, it would take up
   half the sky.

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