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Around the Tarantula Nebula, variant

Edited European Southern Observatory image of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Color/processing variant.

 

Original caption: Glowing brightly about 160 000 light-years away, the Tarantula Nebula is the most spectacular feature of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way. This image from VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile shows the region and its rich surroundings in great detail. It reveals a cosmic landscape of star clusters, glowing gas clouds and the scattered remains of supernova explosions.

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Uploaded on May 30, 2018