Tarantulanebula – NGC 2070

distance 179.000 Lightyears
total integration time55 minutes
4x 5 min. H alpha
3x 5 min. S II
4x 5 min. O III
focal length3962 mm
aperturef/6.5
magnitude8,0 mag
right ascension05h 38m 42,3s
declination-69° 06′ 03”
high resolution downloadNGC2070_Tarantula.jpg
licencePublic Domain

NGC 2070, the tarantula nebular in the constellation Doradus. I took this image with the help of an Planewave CDK24 in Chile from telescope.live .

NGC 2070 is a bright emissionnebula in the LMC / large magellanic cloud. It’s one of the biggest starforming regions in the local group.