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Tarantula Nebula

Tarantula Nebula

Date: September 10, 2010
Location: Parque Nacional La Campana, Chile
Constellation: Dorado
Optics: Williams Optic 66 on Meade LXD55 mount
Camera: Canon EOS 20Da modified
Exposure: 30 light frames of 60 seconds, ISO 800
Processing: Light frames calibrated with dark frames in ImagesPlus. Light frames combined using MinMax Excluded. Color balanced, and cropped using Photoshop.

The Tarantula Nebula also known as 30 Doradus, or NGC 2070, is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)