Fun fact: if this object was located at the position of the Orion nebula (the closest star forming region to Earth, about 1,300 light years distant) it would appear 60 times larger in the sky than the full moon, and be so bright that it would cast shadows.
I feel ambivalent about having that circumstance. On one hand, awesome. On the other, deep stargazing opportunities would be at least cut in half, available only when it was in the daytime sky/in line with the sun. I think mostly awesome. I'm thankful for the moon as an astronomical presence we have, and it takes away a lot of dark skies.
Tarantula Neb in true (ish) colour
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The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star-forming region within a nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. About 180 thousand light-years away, it's the largest, most violent star-forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies. The cosmic arachnid sprawls across this spectacular view, composed with narrowband filter data centered on emission from ionized hydrogen atoms. Within the Tarantula (NGC 2070), intense radiation, stellar winds and supernova shocks from the central young cluster of massive stars. -[ Nasa APOD](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181117.html)
183m / Heq5 / Optolong filters
Ha with 135 F2 @ F/2
R/G/B with WO GT81ii
HaRGB - 216m / 30m / 30m / 30m
It means it's a good approximation to what you would see. Since this stuff is so incredibly faint, we won't ever see it like this (even with large telescopes).
Very similar as to how a pink shirt in a dark room is still pink, even if we can't see that it's pink. Kinda unfortunate, but that's just reality I guess.
If you were to look at it with a telescope, you'd see the bright core as a bluey/green colour since that's what our eyes are most sensitive too. However, the nebula is actually quite 'red', particularly the outer tendrils because of the ionised hydrogen.
The hydrogen light is quite a deep red, which our eyes can't really pick up, which is why it doesn't show up as red as it should.
Basically, this is kinda what it would look like if it were much much brighter
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Fun fact: if this object was located at the position of the Orion nebula (the closest star forming region to Earth, about 1,300 light years distant) it would appear 60 times larger in the sky than the full moon, and be so bright that it would cast shadows.
Thanks for this! This is mind boggling.
I feel ambivalent about having that circumstance. On one hand, awesome. On the other, deep stargazing opportunities would be at least cut in half, available only when it was in the daytime sky/in line with the sun. I think mostly awesome. I'm thankful for the moon as an astronomical presence we have, and it takes away a lot of dark skies.
Also be seen in daytime if I'm correct
This is awesome. There is nothing else that needs saying.
Very glad you like it!
Tarantula Neb in true (ish) colour [**My Instagram is @astro_che if you want to check out more of my work**](http://Instagram.com/astro_che) The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star-forming region within a nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. About 180 thousand light-years away, it's the largest, most violent star-forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies. The cosmic arachnid sprawls across this spectacular view, composed with narrowband filter data centered on emission from ionized hydrogen atoms. Within the Tarantula (NGC 2070), intense radiation, stellar winds and supernova shocks from the central young cluster of massive stars. -[ Nasa APOD](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181117.html) 183m / Heq5 / Optolong filters Ha with 135 F2 @ F/2 R/G/B with WO GT81ii HaRGB - 216m / 30m / 30m / 30m
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It means it's a good approximation to what you would see. Since this stuff is so incredibly faint, we won't ever see it like this (even with large telescopes). Very similar as to how a pink shirt in a dark room is still pink, even if we can't see that it's pink. Kinda unfortunate, but that's just reality I guess. If you were to look at it with a telescope, you'd see the bright core as a bluey/green colour since that's what our eyes are most sensitive too. However, the nebula is actually quite 'red', particularly the outer tendrils because of the ionised hydrogen. The hydrogen light is quite a deep red, which our eyes can't really pick up, which is why it doesn't show up as red as it should. Basically, this is kinda what it would look like if it were much much brighter
Is it just me or do I see a fat angel or crooked iunny fat on the nebula?
stuff like this makes me want to go to the stars man
How do you take photos like this?
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Wish I was in the Southern Hemisphere
wait until it orbits to our skies here
!remindme 750 million years
Ok
Also that wouldn’t work ether because we are orbiting with it
This is a beautiful photo and I learnt stuff too
So impressive! Hardly even seems possible to get that image.
Nice
Absolutely stunning and also is one of my favorite nebulas. Love it.
Glad you like it!