The Tarantula Nebula shot from Brisbane Australia over three nights in November and December 2022. This is a narrow band SHO image with RGB stars with 12 hours of total imaging time.
Scope - William Optic Zenithstar 61
Camera - ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
Mount - Skywatcher EQ6R-Pro
Filters - ZWO 7nm Sii, Ha, Oiii. ZWO Red, Green and Blue.
The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is a large H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), forming its south-east corner (from Earth's perspective).
With a radius of 931ly, the Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8. Considering its distance of about 160,000 light-years from Earth, and being outside of the Milky Way, this is an extremely luminous non-stellar object. Its luminosity is so great that if it were as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula, the Tarantula Nebula would cast visible shadows. In fact, it is the most active starburst region known in the Local Group of galaxies. The nebula resides on the leading edge of the LMC where ram pressure stripping, and the compression of the interstellar medium likely resulting from this, is at a maximum.
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