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The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is a large
H II region in the
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It is one of the
largest H II regions in the
Local Group, with an estimated diameter around 650 to 1860 light years. It is around 160,000 light-years from Earth and has
apparent magnitude of 8. The Tarantula Nebula was first observed by
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille during an expedition to the Cape of Good Hope between 1751 and 1753. This high-resolution photograph was taken by the
Hubble Space Telescope and shows the star-forming region of Tarantula Nebula with the
R136 super star cluster at its center.
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