The Tarantula Nebula and part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Tag: Large Magellanic Cloud
The Seven Best Southern Sky Objects
The most remarkable objects in the Southern sky.
Tarantula Nebula
Designation: NGC 2070, Caldwell 103, in constellation of Dorado. Visual magnitude: +5.0 Apparent size: 40 x 25 arc-minutes. Diameter: 1833 light years. … More
NGC 2122 and NGC 2136/7
Three distant objects, located in a nearby galaxy – the Large Magellanic cloud – 160,000 light years away in the constellations of … More
Large Magellanic Cloud
The LMC is a nearby small galaxy, 160,000 light years away. This negative image in black and white shows the Western … More
Dark Sky Observing Thwarted
Above: The Large Magellanic Cloud. Canon 60D on Star Adventurer mount, 24mm lens, 3 minutes, f4.5, ISO 1600, cropped. Following our visit … More
Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
This image shows detail in a very small part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy visible … More
Tarantula Region
Located in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the Tarantula Nebula is a massive object, visible in binoculars. … More
Carina & Vela
A short series of wide field views of the Milky Way, taken at the Macarthur Astronomical Society dark sky observing … More
Tarantula Nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud
2017-04-01 Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070, Caldwell 103) & the Large Magellanic Cloud 19x 15 sec (4.75 min) exposures at f/2.8, ISO … More
Tarantula Nebula
NGC 2070, the Tarantula Nebula, part of the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of Dorado. The distance from Earth … More
Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula. 2016-02-08 NGC2070 19x30s 2000mm f/10 ISO 3200 All images © R.Powell
2011 – Deep Sky
Star clusters M45 (Pleiades) in Taurus, M37 in Auriga and the Jewel Box NGC4555 in Crux. Emission Nebula in Eta … More
Cosmic Focus 